Also threads titled like this / this mentality are giving backing to the "landlords are evil" movement right now.

I'd love to help start a movement - by creating positive human connections, building community, and helping local economies prosper with and within rental properties - where we as investors focused on the future possibilities of this glorious industry, instead of passing blame to occupants or hindsight problems from our mistakes.

I like to make investments based on the movement of the market as a whole. 

He found out the management company was lying to him about half the units being perpetually vacant when it was actually 90% full, and the crooked PM was pocketing almost half the rent.

A bad actor like Morris undeservedly gives a movement a negative image and these victories, and all of us making sure that communities we network into know about it, will hopefully help restore confidence and celebrate those who want to help and support people interested in generating economic and financial independence thru real estate investing.

Unlike pandemic time where we saw 25% upward movement in 2 years.

The FIRE MOVEMENT books DO talk about that, but many are taking their cue from the YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE book and echoing those ideas quite well in today’s climate.

Other agents and I have seen a movement because of the reason you stated.

But, many got greedy, lazy, and expecting it to stand in perpetuity where one could throw up a city MLS map on the wall and randomly throw dart's after drink 7 and just buy those, and make $.   

This quitting W2 to survive on REI reminds me of the FIRE movement or Paleo diet.