For the government to expect businesses to take financial hits like that, that they are not willing to do themselves just goes beyond the pale for me. 

One of my clients bought a property that was in the over lay in Charlston and I can tell you its a spectacular investment.. basically makes any other kind of buy hold pale in comparison.. as stated tough to find.. but boy is it worth the effort if you like rental income..

@Michael Paling, @Tim Herman, and @Nathan Murith - Gentlemen, I am quite humbled by the authentic, timely, and constructive replies!

Cash flow historically pales in return compared to appreciationEvery market had deals to make/find. 

I'm the deal partner, you're the capital partner, we both brought value, we both win.Neither of us are automatically screwed when we apply for a mortgage in the future (DTI hit for the private mortgage will pale in comparison to the DTI impact of the "50% of profits, 100% of expenses" situation described above).Capital is the most common motive to partner.

My thought is going to pale in comparison, but maybe it will be good to keep in mind for the future? 

As you can see there are a ton of great comments and suggestions here so hopefully mine won't pale in comparison.

Any excess taxes caused by this will pale in comparison to what this kid has learned.

Now, of course, you also get some principial paydown, but that may pale in comparison to an equity loss, if things do soften.

I would also keep an eye& ear out for the emerging innovators, every significant economic shift and calamity breeds innovators and those innovators require seed capital, think Facebook, Google, Netflix and so on, those early $ investors made multipliers on their capital that makes any other investment pale in comparison.