These rentals are 70’s east mira mesa 4/2 tract homes. The current rents are from $1900 to $2050. Similar homes (there aren’t many) are listed on CL for at least $500 more per month.

The tenants are all blue-collar kind of folks and the way I have looked at it is that they need an extra $$ more than I do (I know that’s a no-no way to think as a landlord/business). Ultimately, it’s a problem that I created by failing to raise rents for so many years and thus the big gap.

Thanks for the feedback. I wasn’t thinking of raising rents this year, was about to send out the renewals before posting here, but I think I will raise it by a small amount of $50/mo every year here on out.