You have some very good points and maybe you should go on your YouTube channel (which I spent hours on watching free stuff) and you should debate robert kiyosaki he has become so negative about everything and Ray Dalio scares the heck out of me.Can you or anyone here who has been through a few decades of economic cycles tell us about the common denominator of all these downturns and what is different now.I appreciate everyone’s contribution but some have less than a decade in the real estate business and that is very little experience to maneuver through big economic declines and dish out advice to others on forums like BiggerPockets! 

Maybe we can put in a proposal for a satellite HQ office :)

Blinds are always thrashed when people move out but curtains will usually be ok after a trip to the laundry.I also put a little effort into staging the low end apartments - it makes a big difference if you put up shower curtains, toilet paper, soap, paper towels, dish soap and a dish sponge.

@Caryn Seifert     I disagree with Account Closed on the dishwashers, some people use them, some don't but you can always use your dishwasher for storage if you don't want to use it for washing dishes.

We don't have satellite or cable and have the cheapest phone plan on the market. 

The same way the Dish guy would drill straight through mounting a dish on the roof of one of your rentals. 

Out of this was born satellite radio with no commercials but a monthly fee, same as cable television.

These big companies tend to result in other companies opening satellite offices to do business with them and share in talent sometimes too. 

The "house contribution" goes to all communally used items such as trash bags, dish soap, toilet paper, laundry detergent, coffee, etc. 

I also provide consumables such as coffee, toilet paper, kleenex, laundry soap, dish soap, shampoo/conditioner.