Boston, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and areas of Chicago are all densely populated and high cost areas, where many residents have white collar jobs that were relatively portable during the pandemic.

Although I do track all the trends and partake in a few bio-hacker type things myself (hello sauna), it doesn't matter how much money people make, it always comes down to simple low hanging fruit kind of changes that make the biggest difference.

Did they put in a window AC/or portable AC to keep the tenants cool while options were considered versus calling in the first available at the "emergency pricing?"

I have two LLC's, one for my portable storage business and one for my rental portfolio.

Also, I've seen in-laws with a portable cooktop instead of a full sized range.