“There is a complicated dynamic in Sacramento between escalating prices and tenants feeling vulnerable. … What I heard at the town hall was a lot about the problems with NIMBY-ism, but it’s a little more complicated than that.

Poaching is definitely off the table unless it's from a park that is going down in flames.  

I was going to go to one of the Rich Dad seminars for Real Estate Investing just last month until I really learned more about what they are about and how their true business is preying of off those who are eager, in-experienced, and oftentimes vulnerable.

More cost effective, if someone time consuming, would be to change the most vulnerable pipe to high pressure PEX; I've seen demonstrations of PEX expanded absurdly beyond its size, with pressure and temperature, before busting.

Many have gone down in flames trying to get too big too fast.

Of course, that leaves you vulnerable at anytime to become homeless.

I think it makes wholesalers vulnerable and susceptible to lawsuit.

Then I'm vulnerable to lawsuits.

The questions to ask a PM shown above are excellent, and I've little to add except to maybe see contractor licenses and insurances.If you want to DIY, study each unit, and see whats vulnerable - an old dishwasher, an old anything.

Small cities tend to be reliant upon a single industry, which makes them vulnerable to economic changes.Population growth - If people are moving into a location, it is probably a good location for jobs and a desirable place to live.