Market analysis is a very critical part of successful REI. 

They didn't take their LO's calls, they didn't respond to that text, they mucked about, they "needed to think about it," the bottom line is that they screwed up!

Side note within two hours of signing the documents, handing over a check I received a text from the current in the 1br/1ba apt who said he had been furloughed 2 weeks and his partner's company had laid off 50% of their workforce (not her yet though). 

Sure, your first month or two owning this home might be a real slump (I don't know about indefinitely - anyone who catches the virus now shouldn't be contagious a month from now, which means we'll probably see waves of people staying home, and then ideally life will return to normalcy after this initial panic), but these atypical circumstances are precisely why real estate investors insist on factoring in vacancy to your cash flow analysis.

If you want to keep the property as an investment after you move out, @Amily Yi-Chieh Tseng, then you need to do a full rental analysis of that property fully rented and with you living in one unit.

Well I finally got over analysis paralysis and am scheduled to close tomorrow on my first deal.

--https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-08/oil-price-war-Oklahoma shale producers break even at $21 to $48 per barrel (i would think its closer to $40 in Oklahoma) -https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-The-Oklahoma-Shale-Boom-Isnt-Taking-Off.html-Oklahomas state budget is made counting on oil selling for $54 per barrel it is currently at $31 per barrel and dropping - https://kfor.com/news/local/dark-clouds-could-be-on-states-horizon-as-oil-prices-drop-to-30-year-low/-While oklahoma's economy is very diverse it will be hit if prices do not rebound in the near future - https://oklahoman.com/article/5627150/state-chamber-provides-new-analysis-on-oil-gas-industrys-impact-on-oklahomas-economy-and-tax-revenues-Oil and Gas would fall under mining and make up 22% of the GDP for oklahoma see page 11 - https://www.ok.gov/oesc/documents/lmiEconIndPub.pdfThe Good The Bad and The Ugly -Good - oil and gas prices may come up if Russia gives in on this play. 

I read Brandon Turner's Ultimate Beginners Guide and want to overcome analysis inertia.

And while HELOC is now now deductible on a primary unless used ot improve it- you can utilize the interest tracing laws to deduct it against new rentals you purchase. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/26/1.163-8Thttps://www.irs.gov/newsroom/interest-on-home-equity-loans-often-still-deductible-under-new-lawDon't change your strategy- change your accountant. 

I would talk to the landlord (not text or email) calm and consistent making your case.