Any patterns you’ve noticed between contractors who work well with investors vs. those who don’t?

We have seen this exact pattern play out in other regulated short term rental markets, and Austin is not immune to basic supply and demand mechanics.

After going through 200+ reports across California transactions, clear patterns emerged.Here are the top 5 things sellers consistently fail to disclose, even when inspectors flag them:1.

A willingness to move all the levers such as term, amortization, rate, LTV, etc, and to look at deals outside of the bank's typical lending pattern.

It’s a powerful way to get your first deal.But as inbound opportunities increase, I’m learning that the real advantage comes from pattern recognition—seeing what others overlook and structuring accordingly.There’s a difference between chasing transactions and understanding real estate.The former pays occasionally.The latter compounds.If you’re in this space and only looking at what’s built, you may be missing what actually holds the value.Sometimes the “ugly” deal is simply misunderstood.

You need AI to provide you with pattern detection, outlier detection, casual reasoning, scenario analysis, narrative synthesis and decision guidance.Some things that you will need to be sure to do is making sure that your expense categories data doesn't vary from year to year and that you have everything categorized correctly.Last, I would consider two things: adding benchmark intelligence with ranges from that Frank Gallinelli book into the prompt.

They fall apart in underwriting.Here’s the pattern I see all the time.

That said, if you believe this management pattern is unlikely to improve, the most practical solution may be to move and secure a better managed rental when your lease expires.

You’re in NYC, so this is a very procedural area.Tampering with a hallway camera can potentially fall under lease violation, property damage, or possibly a “nuisance” or “substantial breach” argument — but whether it’s immediately eviction-worthy depends heavily on:What your lease says about security devices and property damageWhether actual damage occurredWhether this is part of a pattern of behaviorHow Housing Court views itIn New York, most non-payment cases are straightforward.

Worse-case, they would ahve been on top of helping you with your property tax appeal to lessen the increase.