If the owners are delinquent on December 31st they are in trouble so there’s a compound effect with Christmas and taxes that pressures the homeowners who already scrambling.

We have always been content and grateful with what we have, even when we were sleeping on the floor and adding scrambled eggs to our ramen noodles to have a “fancy” dinner.

The political house is on fire, full fledged 5-alarm fire, as shown by the political scramble and search for direction.

Even though I never make claims (barring major events like fires, also high on my list) or something causing catastrophic damage, neighbors around me making claims is still causing my insurance to skyrocket and even for insurance to not renew policies which has happened several times leaving me scrambling to find insurance.

@Michael P.You are both smart and lucky because most of the “waiters” I know are now scrambling because their sources of income and funds are drying up quick and fast.

Other than the interest rate risk, the biggest risk is that the lease won't be renewed after the initial 20 year period, in which case you have to scramble to find another tenant; but you can spread that risk out over a few properties and it won't make too much of a dent in the cash flow.So, for now, I'll keep plugging along with my apartments until interest rates and cap rates go back up again.  

After they left, started doing repairs, sprayed a molding where we saw roaches running in, and we got 15-20 roaches scrambling out.

Just like everyone else, I have been mind-scrambling to come up with the appropriate response to what we are going through.

At this point, with less than a month until move out, you'll be getting the "leftover" students that didn't plan in advance and are scrambling now.You also have to consider that looking at rents "by the bedroom" isn't the same if you're looking at a 2-bedroom apartment versus a 5-bedroom house.  

Then at the last minute, you cancel the agreement and they are left scrambling to find a new place.