Also, if you do a cash out refinance and do not find a deal for an extended period of time, that is a lot of cash sitting around and losing value.

In fact, if they do not distribute the funds soon, they could lose them.  

I'm afraid of losing tenants and having vacant units which might be hard to fill.  

What kind of real investing could you do to make it worthwhile that doesn't put you at risk of losing some of it? 

Take an amount of money you can afford to lose and take action.

I am now losing money because of taxes and insurance which has increased each yr. 

Needless to say many people are losing their livelihood over this.I’m wondering what you all have done to cope with the Clown World we are currently living in, where tenants can continually live in without paying?

The state will even lose a house seat for the first time ever.2) @Shiva Bhaskar and @Karl B. mention the low(er) property taxes in Cali.

If it is borderline I think I would lose the dumpster. 

We have a storm brewing right now and the CARES act is supposed to end in October leaving a lot of people in a situation where they may lose their homes.If that does happen Nationwide that will cause a high number of foreclosures and short sales.