Temporary lowering your rent does not affect your ability to raise them later.Empty units provide no income and you are paying utilities, just be sure to hold your rental criteria high.

@Bjorn Ahlblad I think I'll have to clarify further the scope of work, I agree it makes no sense why he would have to trenchI just replaced 40 feet of cast iron pipe at a duplex I own in Cutler Bay as a temporary fix while I am waiting for the insurance claim to be processed so I can do a complete re-pipe.

And no foresight was needed to get ~80% return with zero effort in less than 2 years - the stock market had a massive drop, pandemic is obviously temporary, and the govt was debating about how many trillions they should print.

Temporarily you can use it to cover the old cedar but screwing it into flaking cedar shakes is not going to last the buggers. five pound bag of cayenne pepper- sprinkle all around the structure (this deterrent is temporary).

I have learned to not be too picky, I know that despite being a perfectly adequate tenant with preferences like any other, that this is a temporary situation.

My realtor said that there might be temporary rent control in place in Oregon.

Potentially a temporary solution until I can discuss wiring for outdoor cameras and flood lights with electrician is the WYZE wireless battery operated cameras.

I don't think doing temporary short term rental is a great strategy.

You could just set up temporary mail forwarding to your new address.

The property is nothing more than the temporary location of your assets, until they move to better pastures.