In 12 months your payment should drop $500/mo minus next year’s tax increase divided by 12. 

Do you see any new rental property up in the market has increased rent since L.A. fire issue?

You can simply request a separate check for the $100 increase to bring the total deposit in line with the new rent amount.

Airbnb claims that setting up a "photo tour" on your listing will increase bookings by 6 percent, for example.  

Recently I got a huge increase also.

A local property manager will make this much easier and handle the visits for you.Single-family homes can still do well, even with more apartments popping up, as they cater to tenants who want privacy and space.

Hey Steven,I’d recommend reaching out to your county assessor to inquire about the increase.

I just got a notice from the MD department of assessments & taxation that the value of my property will increase from 120k to 261k , spread out over 3 years equally.This is a ridiculous increase of 118%.

Ive also asked if they have other previous borrowers that I could talk and was told no for their privacy.

Just sent them a rent increase notice every year.