. ;-) There is nothing false wiih what @Henry Clark said.Commercial real estate is broad - Office space, self-storage, Farm, Data centers, residential properties above 4 units, etcIt can be true that one part of commercial real estate is suffering while others is thriving.

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

How do you advertise your vacant units?

My lease requires renter's insurance which should cover loss of use if the unit becomes damaged/uninhabitable, but I don't think renters insurance covers costs of living expenses incurred during just an evacuation.

If a guest stays for one week in July, the owner can't legally rent to another guest until August and must leave their unit vacant for three weeks.

I tried selling the property last year but it was sitting on the market for months just like the other units in the neighborhood.Recently, things have improved.

No east ,   @Bob Stevens thanks, I have a vacant 2 bedroom unit I'm about to list on the east side.

@Joseph Beilke, @Michael Baum, @Mike Lambert, and @Ian Fortney, First off, I'd like to say that investing in the United States in general creates a better return than in Costa Rica.  

However, this will be brutal for Non-EU countries including the United States. 

-If its a large house that has a dedicated laundry room on the first floor, throw in stackable  laundry units on the bedroom floor.