Additionally, she is used to the lifestyle that my dad used to provide while he was still working and she currently spends about $6000-8000/mo (a lot of which is also medical expenses for chronic conditions), so she withdraws from the stock portfolios to supplement current spending.

I'm a therapist, and one of my first interactions was with a home owner with chronic mental health concerns, so I found it fun and interesting, but I'm not sure everyone would feel the same way. 

Are those super cheap properties in ghetto areas with chronic perpetual poverty?  

Another great person wiped out by a chronic drunk driver allowed to keep their license.

Is there such a chronic shortage of skycaps in Nashville that we have to import them from Florida?".

I have CIRS, Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.  

I'm assuming this is the first time this has happened and not a chronic problem?  

I didn't do this with our first purchase, but not too big a deal- one tenant had prepaid, another is on county assistance and they send the check automatically on the first, the third is chronically late with the rent but pays late fees.

It's chronically been attracting folks that pay for a few months then stop.

One factor which could have a big impact on California real estate prices, but I don't hear discussed very often still, is the chronic drought conditions in this part of the country.