If you are unsure of the quality of the product you are selling than you will not sell the product.

I let pricelabs do most of the pricing to get me to high occupancy for April.  

Are you looking to do 50% down in high cash-flow areas to get a consistent return month to month to live on?

We have seen the days on market slowly come down, but it is still high compared to previous years.

I prefer to stay in mostly owner occupied areas because it yields a higher quality resident that's more consistent over time and the homes typically appreciate at a faster pace. 

RentRedi has integration to handle this, but at $50 for the income & asset verification and $40 for the  tenant's credit, criminal, and eviction reports, that seems high to me.

Mounting defaults, reduced demand, and sluggish loan repayments paint a grim picture for landlords and tenants alike.

Look at it this way - if you reduce your cost of living from $2,500/month to $1,750 then, hey, you're saving money, but you HAVE to make sure the INVESTMENT property will be a true cash-flowing asset after you leave (inevitably, someday, you will). 

Another way to look at this is its 2% down from the high... 

Due to high rate of inflation, we are adding 3% to the total.Due to rising energy prices, we are adding 3% to the total. in order to provide our workers health insurance we are adding 5% to the total.