College has prolonged laziness and lack of interest in many of us.

As this was my first experience, there were two big mistakes I made that prolonged the process:1) In court, I agreed to give the tenant more time by creating a contract stating the terms of tenant re-payment.

How will a prolonged selling period affect your net profit?

Banks usually only lend on specific houses, so each time you find another house you want, you go through the same prolonged approval process, and ... well, you can't expect to get a different outcome than the outcome from the prior opportunity.

You want a clean and fast closure not a prolonged assisted care investment.

It's in decent condition, is there anything I can do to prolong the life?  

I am a city slicker - I love the country and the small town life but have never really experienced it in a prolong setting.

The reserve funds would be for things such as unexpected major expenses that exceed the current funds for cap ex or if my property were to experience a prolonged vacancy.  

The prolonged eviction ban didn't help, but lower interest rates also made it easier for people to buy homes....including renters. 

That is have in case of the unexpected, such as unexpected repairs, sudden or prolonged vacancy, etc.