My success on the $15k owed to me in damages and missed months was an email the length of a dissertation with a list of excuses including mold (nope, $800 of testing confirmed, they had a pet peeing on the carpet creating a bad smell) , _______'s cancer which came and went quickly, "having kids is hard", 1 of them starting college, and then an expected disappearance.

Cure cancer?

However, I view nightmare evictions like cancer.

He was a man of integrity.However...that same year, his wife got cancer and his cousin was shot and killed in a bar fight.

Reminds me of my university days and the psyc class discussions on Malignant Narcissism. 

*clap clap clap clap*A much maligned group, we saw the double standard during the pandemic: "you businesses stay open and continue to provide your services even if your customers are not paying you" and it continues with the inflation-based rent increases we are forced to levy today in order to stay solvent.

This will vary person to person but there are many people who haven't even "stressed tested" their real estate portfolios to even account for a depreciating market.This is also one area where the much maligned Cleveland cash flow crowd is in a better position than the "real wealth" San Fran equity out crowd:  the cash flow folks can likely cover their margin with the rental generated cash flow, if you've equity stripped your San Fran assets to expand your empire you really have no recourse if the APV goes down and you are overextended relative to your cash reserves.

Mine is I got my real estate license, in the middle of a cancer scare.

I've known some wonderful Pitts and am sorry that the breed has been maligned by those that haven't been raised properly.  

If you need proof of this, go visit a children's cancer hospital.