You are using AI as an agent. 

Idk how handy with AI you may be but Ive noticed a lot of investors have headed to chatGPT for deal analyzing these days. 

Only rehab what actually impacts safety, rentability, and longevity.You’re not building your dream home.You’re building a durable asset that prints income for years.Rising rehab prices don’t ruin your business, loose systems do.When your operation is standardized, disciplined, and math-driven, profitability is a function of process, not price swings.Where are rehab costs hurting your margins the most right now?

And the tenant base isn’t driven purely by short-term trends.On the 2–20 unit side, transactions are still happening.

I highly suggest using AI and ask it to think like a chicago landlord attorney and come up with anything that could go wrong and put that into the lease so its as clean and clear as possible.I've had some challenging tenants lately and it's only then that you realize the need to take all these additional steps.  6 years with no issues and then one after another this past year.

Longtime BiggerPockets reader, first time posting.I’m a private lender and have been involved mostly in small, relationship-driven deals with friends, partners, repeat borrowers, and a few off-market situations where trust matters just as much as the numbers.What I’ve noticed, and honestly struggled with myself, is that a lot of otherwise solid private money deals get messy after they’re funded.

I’m working with a property in Brown County, Indiana that is fully approved for STR use under current regulations and has a documented operating history ($70k–$110k gross; ~$450 ADR).Zoning restrictions prevent adding additional rental units on the parcel, so this is a single-asset STR where value is driven by privacy, acreage, and guest experience rather than scale.Curious how other STR owners think about long-term value and defensibility in markets where zoning has tightened significantly.Appreciate any operator insight.

How AI assessed this, verbatim:😂 Absolute gold.

Home prices are higher relative to rent, which compresses yield, but rental demand is consistent and vacancy risk is lower than in surrounding counties.Best suited for:Long-term buy-and-holdAppreciation-focused investorsLow-maintenance, low-vacancy strategies🌲 Bonner County (Sandpoint, Ponderay)Market SnapshotAverage Purchase Price: ~$525,000Average Monthly Rent: ~$1,550Average Annual Rent: ~$18,600Approximate Rental YieldGross Rental Yield: ~3.5%Estimated Net Yield: ~2.6–2.8%Investment TakeawayBonner County is a lifestyle-driven market.

Value is driven by NOI, so if a unit isn’t producing market rent, it affects income, value, and investor returns.If it’s a smaller commercial deal and you’re not raising capital, it’s more of a personal decision.