The building's only tenant (condition of close) defaulted on its rent and is probably going to go bankrupt (GNC).  

I think they ended up bankrupt.

So if we bankrupt the banks by not paying mortgage, they'll just get bailed out.Second thought: There's this thing called foreclosure when you stop making payments.

Sometimes they split out into single LLC or a a small grouping so can remote bankrupt and walk away after they made so much cash. 

Tenants may break a lease when ever they choose with basically the same consequences.As for rent increases if you do not do the annual allowable increase long term tenants will bankrupt you.

I have access to all the mailing list bankrupt , upsidedown , high equity , absentee owner and so forth through the realeflow software.  

Leverage can make you rich but it can also make you bankrupt. 

Investors that go bankrupt are not helping anyone.

Well, the company went bankrupt.

Holton-Wise is still selling a ton of houses so houses still excite me, I just don't really care to buy them as rentals at this point in my career which is what brings me to the point of this post.One theory is that the even though commercial (retail/office) rentals have much longer periods of vacancy they should over the long term, net out higher returns than residential rentals.However a common theme I have seen in many of the clientele that is serviced by Holton-Wise is that they shy away from commercial (retail/office) as they are afraid of the long vacancy period bankrupting them.