More than 50% of property managers say that, at a minimum, a monthly gross income should be at least 3x the monthly rental rate and approximately 30% of managers would accept an applicant based on gross income at 2.5x the rental rate.

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Apart from attracting more traffic at drugstores, selling general merchandise generates more sales, which then absorb the rising rental rates and shrinking gross margins on pharmaceutical drugs in general.

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The rent-ratio in most US cities is now less than 10%, which means that rental housing has a current gross yield of more than 10%.

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