The Hampton Roads area is also the second largest metropolitan area in the state after of NOVA and you can easy go down and back in a day if needed. 

Could "Bad Debt" also be considered "economic vacancy"?

There's no use in being 100% physically occupied and 0% economically occupied.

They answer the phone.3)  Follow the 9/3/1 rule -- for every 3 calls you should get a showing, and for every 3 showings you should get an application to buy the home.4)  If you are not getting at least 9 calls a week, you need to ramp up advertising using Craigslist, Facebook, the largest metro newspaper classified ad under "mobile homes for rent", direct mail to Class B and lower apartments, a banner on your entry fence, for sale signs in yards and windows, and a resident referral letter.5)  If you're getting 9 calls a week, but not getting any applications, then listen to the Who's Calling recordings and see how good they are on the phone.6) If they're good on the phone, then call those numbers and do exit interviews with the customers and see why they did not buy -- often they'll tell you the manager didn't show up or they were drunk, etc.7)  If these customers tell you that the manager showed the home well but it's more than the ones down the street, then you need to adjust your price.8)  If the customers who apply can't qualify, then you may need to alter your terms for acceptance.We operate over 200 parks in 28 states in this manner, and we've never seen a park you can't fix if you take a scientific approach.

We all need to do our part in this thing to get us back on track economically.

Additionally, the bank can decide to close your HELOC for reasons completely out of your control (like a global pandemic that plunges the economy into the largest recession of our lifetimes). 

But if I was having hesitations anyways about it, then this situation happened, OR I am going to be spending my own money to keep it afloat for a while at essentially 66% economic occupancy, then I would try to walk.

That won't end just because the economy opens up again, because what we're going to see is that economic activity is still depressed - from a combination of the businesses that have already failed and the remaining caution about going into crowded places.  

If it is long term, I would choose a market that looks to be more economically resilient.  

The councilwoman’s article, and her decision not to pay rent, despite no mention of having lost her job nor suffered any personal economic hardship, is nothing less than shameful.