Stable employment, good salaries, and not much risk of losing employees due to layoffs or relocation.- While the Air Force is not the only employer, other large companies in the area offer no guarantees.

Yes, some anxiety but that's life, even with a 9-5 job you have the uncertainty of lay offs, You can't take a job's pay stub to the bank and get a equity line of credit :) on it.But you can't walk away from a property you own as a landlord after 5 either.Head and Chin UP.. you'll get in stride soon and just keep up on your Landlord tenant laws for your state so you'll have that to rely on.Your young and personally I find flipping a house much more stressful, the expenses can go overboard and if you can't sell holding costs hurts..

You can bet with all these layoffs foreclosures continue to rise and we are hitting a second wave of rate resets going into 2010 to add more salt to the wounds.

I have run into this before; people are in between jobs due to layoffs, education, even windfalls such as inheritances and such, trying to redirect.

Since 2008, many employers have given 1 yr notice that layoffs will happen so employees can tighten their belts and make plans.  

Most people think about leaving but most wont, below is exactly the reason whyhttps://www.theinformation.com/articles/where-are-most-tech-layoffs-not-silicon-valley"Some of San Francisco’s most well-known tech firms have cut deep into their staffs in recent months.

Lay off all of those loyal employees as the reward for creating that great year of sales? 

He was rehired after the layoffs, but we decided it was time to make a change.

Yes, my background is in Engineering, and I have been through a few layoffs.

If it is a market that only has one major industry and layoffs happen it might be hard for the landlord to get rent or increase rates.