This is also my first post here so excuse me for the messiness.

This is also my first post here so excuse me for the messiness.

@Abiy Tedla "desperate" people do desperate things - then use excuses to justify their actions.Surprised you haven't had to deal with the #1 excuse not to pay rent - phantom repairs & corresponding requests that have to be done before they'll pay rent. - We track EVERY phone call, text, vm, email, etc. and tenants still try to play this game with us. 

Think this’ll help… or just open the door to more “I didn’t see it” excuses?

If you're going to do one thing as a business owner:I recommend that you learn the tax code and take ownership over your strategy.Not having some foundational knowledge and an opinion on how to approach taxes as a business owner is a huge mistake.In my experience, every single business owner who says "I just let my CPA worry about it and I focus on my business" is doing a suboptimal job at tax planning.They are likely missing out on 10s or hundreds of thousands in saved dollars every year.Stop making excuses and get to work.Just a few months of part-time learning about taxes will pay you for the rest of your career.

That $250 to $500 renewal hike is real, and the justification that "rents are higher now" feels more like an excuse than a legit policy reason.As for the $12K in repairs—yeah, that's been happening more too.

Even though that is not an excuse to reply back, they can always get busy especially if they are a very small business or solopreneur.

The house is located in a very high-demand neighborhood and has great visibility.This is a completely new experience for me so please excuse my naivete, just want to be prepared and identify any potential blind spots I'm not thinking of.Thank you in advance for your feedback! 

Excuse the lack of acronyms!

In one incident, we felt like the underwriter had made up their mind about denying us from the getgo and were just come up with reasons or excuses to deny us. 2.