I highly encourage all my tenants to keep open communication with me about any struggles to pay rent, and generally they do.

I am open to any advice and my current struggle is finding a duplex in my budget.

PS I have heard of the struggles in the Springs market..

I'd add a late fee to the lease renewal, but if they are struggling to pay rent now, when the baby comes, they will be down one income for a bit and then have child care, so will likely have more problems. 

In fact, most of them probably won't show you any positive cash flow.Most areas of Texas have been struggling.

Where we see most people struggle is they are successful in having up to a handful of properties which can be managed, but when they try and scale they realize:1.

I know plenty of folks who meet your definition of Ultra and they seem very happy to me and have loving families although they also have the same struggles with kids that every family in every economic strata has.

I totally understand the struggle, Venecia!

As a professional property manager, I'm coming across an interesting trend related to institutions providing financial assistance for tenants who have trouble paying their security deposit and I would love to hear feedback from the BP community.Large PM companies have begun partnering with financial institutions, such as Rhino Insurance, to help tenants who struggle with paying their security deposit.

There's certainly been an uptick in available properties over the last few years as some owners have grown tired, new construction is booming in new lots and ones that were lost in fires, & investors who bought in 2020-2022 who may've overpaid and weren't properly set up are struggling.