You prevent your AGI from going up but you cannot push it down, unless it's under $150k.

How is the "rental LLC" better equipped to prevent against the predictable conflicts that arise as an owner of rental property?

They no longer own the property, are jealous of your benefitting from their pain and now have a debt hanging around that prevents them from buying another home.

A healthy reserve lets you sleep at night and prevent being forced into bad decisions.2.

Tenant screening is your long-term defenseStrong screening and realistic rent levels matter more than squeezing top dollar.A stable tenant prevents 90 percent of the issues people blame on “the market.”Detroit rewards investors who:Are disciplinedMove fastStay operationally involved (even if not personally managing)It punishes investors who chase cheap prices without systems.If you treat it like an operating business instead of a spreadsheet deal, the risk becomes very manageable. why would anyone in the right mind invest in an area that requires this level of worry and work to rent a simple SFR that might make a 10% COC return if all the star's line up ??? 

We usually announce early April and implement June 1st.Frankly we need that to keep cash flow stable, costs have gone up quite a bit year over year.

This is dangerous, because it can be implemented a lot more subtle.We will get very quickly to the point where AI becomes the reference for objective truth.

We’ve started implementing range lockouts as well, usually keeping cooling at a minimum of 68°F and heating at a maximum of 74–75°F, depending on the season.

I knew which properties ranked #1 vs #15 in my criteria, and more importantly, I knew why — something my agent's auto-drip emails could never tell me.The Discovery That Changed EverythingWhile doing deep analysis on one of my top candidates — a duplex on the Near Eastside — my AI workflow flagged something I'd never heard anyone mention:The Indianapolis Housing Agency (IHA), which administers approximately 9,000 Section 8 vouchers in Marion County, has been in crisis.Here's what I found through public records and local investigative reporting:In 2024, IHA experienced a cybersecurity breach that disrupted payment systemsHUD took over the agency in April 2024 due to what they described as "longstanding issues"Multiple landlords reported months of delayed or incorrect HAP (Housing Assistance Payment) paymentsIHA paused all rent increase requests, with some landlords unable to get increases processedLocal reporting documented tenants being evicted because IHA failed to pay their landlords — the very agency meant to prevent homelessness was contributing to itThis is not a minor operational hiccup.

HUD typically allows 2 heartbeats per bedroom, so if it was a 1BR unit, you could prevent three people from renting it.