That wasn't true (and I had our exchange in writing) so thankfully that sorted itself out.

It’s true that you should be more diligent with vetting tenants - cash flow is great, but a destructive tenant can burn through it pretty easily and put you in the red.

She played the Jesus card up big time.

My own thinking is their US passport was suspended which is required to remain in Portugal if you are a holder of a temporary residence card and they had to leave??

They will need to make double what my wife and I make to keep the same lifestyle.Then I'll meet a 25 year old computer scientist on here (true story) and he has 180k saved and tells me he can get more don't worry, and I say what the hell did I do wrong?

This is so true! 

That's not going to help you, even if it's true.

This is particularly true in California.I recommend finding a good attorney with a LOT of experience helping landlords with evictions. 

Only tech and big business with cash can survive.i am actually still bullish to syndication but only for niche selective asset class like warehouse or self storage, as common industrial trends are going towards more consolidation of business.... and their IRR is still 20-30% conservatively.But yea in MF there's no creativity, they are selling the same Kentucky Fried Chicken,Alabama fried chicken, with almost no creativity and no innovation.In general I think we could hold that true of the lack of innovation business wide the last many years. ai is a great example.

While I haven't found it YET, I now know that I am armed with good knowledge and have a few team members on my side who are true experts.