Everyone works from home now and even when the orders are lifted do you really think the top executives aren’t going to start unloading their over-bloated leases in order to downsize and reduce the amount of workspace and bottom-line costs?

She was getting $4200 per month which was reduced to $3300.

I have however forced appreciation through increased rents, increased occupancy and reduced expenses in my multifamily.

In the NYC metro area, I'm thinking the best you can you do is to have the other unit or units reduce your PITA but won't cover all of it or would it cash flow, but maybe I'm not understanding correctly. 

In some communities being on a major road can reduce the value of a property or reduce the rent range.

I plan to actually keep some of the exposed brick on the interior even though it would reduce energy efficiency.

True, you will still have PMI, but it is at a reduced rate because the LTV is lower. 

We would all be reduced to tenants beholden to the government for housing.  

I’m considering selling my Bay Area home and renting to drastically reduce my expenses for a much quicker route to financial Independence: https://www.financialsamurai.com/real-estate-investing-rule-rent-luxury-buy-utility/

Background: We (me, 25F, and husband, 28M) are semi-low earners for the FIRE community and the urban area we live in and have hit a point where it's hard to reduce expenses much more.