The people that do it are getting by on the skin of their teeth and if the market winds shift against you, you'll be up a creek without a paddle.

Assume it takes a bite out of water skiing and paddle boarding .  

Housing pricing needs to drop by around 35%If none of these happen, millenials and Gen Z is up a creek with absolutely no paddles.

The furnace dies in this place in early January and she's up a very cold Ontarian crick without a paddle.

It is clear even to his own attorney that once we get into court for the hearing, he is up a creek without a paddle.

My quest has now led me to expanding my thinking, and possibly making deals with Banks that own land, or individuals that own land and then obtaining loans from them to develop these lots/land.As my father always said:  "Real estate is like the ocean, no one or no entity can control it all, and the best way to become part of it, is to simply paddle out and catch the next wave to ride."

A property manager operating without a management agreement is like a being in a canoe without a paddle.

We have kayaks and paddle boat neatly stored on the dock for use.

The place we rented on Lake Alice had 4 kayaks, 1 paddle board, and a Jon boat included in the rental and we chose this place for that reason.

If you can't afford to evict him... you are more or less up a creek without a paddle, especially in California.Owning the property outright means you have some equity but without a job it will be hard to get cash out of that equity in terms of a HELOC... beyond that, it doesn't sound like you could make the payments.You could also go apply for a signature loan, but again that comes with payments.