I probably will be better off financially increasing the rent to market value immediately but that doesn't mean the human elements shouldn't be considered too when this is my business.   

While I wouldn't be happy losing an earnest money deposit or ending up in a bad investment, comparatively that's not a lot compared to other complete strangers I have relied on. 

People in the alternative news, natural health fields are already aware that they're being throttled, and some of the content creators I follow have been deplatformed from IG and others for simply posting on "controversial" topics or linking to CDC data.I think the "Govopoly" as famous trader Ed Seykota calls it is more like a cancer than the duckweed he compares it to. 

They average 160 nights occupancy compared to 225 nights in East TN.  

Check comparable listings and see what they include. 

Changing a bad property and a bad neighborhood requires that lots of investment is going in at the same time the city is helping you clean out the bad elements. 

You could look up comparable properties that have sold and get quotes from contractors on what it would take to bring your property up to those same standards.

Toward the middle of the house, the wood dries out significantly more than at the ends, where it is in near vicinity to the outside sheathing and the elements.

What can you use as a good comparable and what other things are important to check for( square footage, number of bedrooms/bath)?

The few that I've talked to do not lend in CAHow much higher of an interest rate can I expect when compared to conventional loans?