I've only known one traveling nurse my entire life and she's a fat disgusting deadbeat pig I wouldn't want in any of my rentals - especially for a short stay.

We were going to fix it but every time we bought a more expensive property we concentrated on that so this one kept getting put on the back burner.

The master bedroom door is falling off thehinges.ApartmentConditions31 The range top burner elements have separated from the holders andare coming off.

After awhile, when we acquired enough homes and the reserve account got pretty fat, I've been less worried about this since it is highly improbable that all homes become vacant for one year at the same time; aside from that, only about 30% of our portfolio has any leverage on it - the rest is cash-owned, so the homes themselves are reserves of capital should the need arise.

I have a protein shake for breakfast, chicken salad (with low fat mayo and mustard) for lunch, and whatever my wife cooks for dinner.

It's like the concept of "fat FIRE" which I'm trying to follow as well.

Whenever recessions happen businesses use it as a way to trim the fat and get more efficient and I imagine that will happen this time around also. 

So keep fat margins in all of your estimates. 

For all you know, she'll decide she wants another 18 days and another 18 days ad infinitum.So, just let her know you will not be extending the lease, and will be happy to accommodate her with an eviction on her record, and a nice fat judgment to go with it, if she wants to play nasty.You're going to be out money on this tenant no matter what, I'd bet.  

I need to cut the fat.