@Ian M. and @Ryan Zomorodi  You are permitted to file a tax appeal between Jan 1st and Mar 31st every year (you have 2 more months). 

(What it should say in my opinion, local laws permitting, is that rent is due on the 1st and late on the 2nd.)My opinion is that you need to be strict and immediate with enforcing your lease.  

So that might mean going from stock cabinetry to custom cabinetry to push the prices higher.  

Or use a single family with an accessory apartment and make sure the accessory apartment is also done properly and permitted (and maybe put the renter there, not you)..... 

I've only worked for three major dealerships and in the end they are all the same, exhausting long hours, not enough money and management tries to make you like a puppet and gives you a script to say to a customer.  

Amazing how some landlords have not figured out that excellent customer service and building tenant relationships is the best strategy for creating the best possibility of a long-term tenant.  

Here are the average response rates we have seen based on our customer feedback as well as our own mailings throughout the years: Yellow Letters- average response rate of 8%-9%, all kinds of calls (angry calls, curious calls, tire-kickers, quality calls)Postcards- average response rate of .5%, mostly quality calls.Zip Letters- average response rate of 2%, mostly quality calls.

They are my customer, so I work with them.  

I expect it will take two years to get through the city before we get building permits.  

@Justin Myers If you can be more specific regarding what area or areas, of Real Estate Investing, you wish to pursue, you will receive more productive and tangible feedback that will permit you, to move forward having a certain level of confidence and certainty.