FWIW to your survey:

I have been managing a 3-family rental in western Mass for 20 years. Over the summer I had a vacancy on a 2-bedroom. I had 12 showings of which 10 applied. I had narrowed it down to 2 applicants when one of those 2 offered me more than I was asking.

I was kind of floored. I had never had that happen. After some initial hand-wringing, I gave them the apartment. It felt weird.

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Thank you