If they need out early (unplanned) I offer an early termination fee (ETF) that they can pay and get out.

While it may take a little longer to the house occupied, you might do a little more extensive screening to qualify your next tenant so you reduce the chances of another unplanned vacancy. 

So while you may feel comfortable knowing that you have full vacancy, a deployment can quickly create substantial unplanned vacancy, while reducing the population of available tenants. 

That 84 unit property by the way, 364,000.00 in excess expenses, un forseen un planned.

This is instant return to your family and if you eliminate 18% interest on a credit card, that is a hard return to match with the amount of effort it takes.Third, I would make sure you have an emergency fund so that you can pay for any unplanned expenses that arise.You can focus on the highest interest rate debt first, which makes the most mathematical sense, or you can eliminate the smallest debt first for a feeling of accomplishment (Dave Ramsey method).Also, I am a firm believer that you cannot cut your way to prosperity.  

This was an unplanned occasion.

Extreme weather conditions, or areas prone to flooding, high wind, tornados, heavy snow storms, high humidity, wildfires, and long stretches of freezing temps add up to more maintenance costs, unplanned repair expenses, more insurance claims and higher premiums, greater risk of injury, higher utility costs, snow removal, and more strain on mechanical equipment, roofs, siding, and so on.

You are unplanned, do not have Systems & Procedures in place, do not understand Deeds, Escrow, Title, legal, tax, asset protection, generational Wealth 6.

She didn't do anything malicious to the property when she left ,  in fact she cleaned it before leaving but there were some breakages.Then we found we weren't getting interest at that rent with just the basic cleanup so we made some unplanned upgrades and the new tenant insisted on a washer/dryer before signing. 

More than 50% of people can not handle an unplanned $500 expense without going into debt:  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-cant-af...More than 50% of people do not invest in stocks: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/04/09/half-of-americans-...The average amount of credit card debt is more than $8000: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/17/how-much-the-avera...2/3rd do not understand basic finance like what "inflation" is: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?