As you age the amount of risk you should tolerate should decrease.

My fear has decreased thankfully.

I calculate that I can break even with a 25% drop in rents, and that would be an unprecedented decrease in San Diego.

Much of the decrease in profit has come from increased time on the market and increased holding costs.

even if the market suggests the LL pays, I'd rather decrease the rent and have the tenant pay for utilities

My rentals problems decreased dramatically when I started to insist on minimum 2 year leases.

I can increase or decrease the amount of money we keep based on the amount of maintenance / mgmt.

The median sale price for All MLS sales increased to $97,165 – up by 35%Average Days On-Market decreased by 14 days, from 87 to 73

The lender's credit was also confirmed with the GFE and HUD estimates; it was supposed to be enough to cover all of our closing costs, as well as have some left over for principal reduction.We just received the finalized HUD, and there is a big change in the amount of credit that we are actually receiving (a decrease of a couple thousand dollars). 

The purchase price decreases every month.