As an investor, I start with, 'Does the rental income cover the mortgage payment, property tax and a little bit left over for maintenance, grass cutting, and vacancy periods?'

It takes time, there are no short cuts.

Since you're making bigger bucks than renting to non-contracted tenants you might not mind that they waste energy. 

Does this mean Zillow is preparing for a crash and cutting their losses when they can, or was I just fooled by a YouTube video?

@Janki ShahChange the pm companyLower the rent1 month of lost rent is the equivalent of a 10% price cut per year / you are already down 10% for two years

These are the outlets you typically put near a water source such as in the kitchen or a bathroom in case the outlet or what is plugged into it gets wet it trips the outlet and cuts off the electrical supply so the person is not electrocuted.

They may say rent was stolen or their hours at work were cut, but in reality they blew the money.

You will be wasting your time if you don’t.

During covid, my wife and I lost jobs/took pay-cuts and struggled all around.

The 1031 was cut on everything except real estate by the last admin- Don't count on it existing forever.