Good luck on your journey and I hope you provide the financial security you hope for to your daughters. 

See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy+tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.

Being a 20 year mortgage expert and real estate investment veteran, we used our mortgage company to secure below market financing.

Generally, the coverage of the policy will state; “The coverage of this policy shall continue in force as of Date of Policy in favor of an Insured after acquisition of the Title by an Insured or after conveyance by an Insured, but only so long as the Insured retains an estate or interest in the Land, or holds an obligation secured by a purchase money Mortgage given by a purchaser from the Insured, or only so long as the Insured shall have liability by reason of warranties in any transfer or conveyance of the Title.”

Our negotiation approach focused on building rapport with the seller, allowing us to secure the property below market value.

So, even if the loan amount is the same, and even if the interest rate is the same, with the terms mirroring the underlying mortgage, the seller will have (1) recourse to foreclose if the buyer stops paying (2) with payments going directly to the seller who then sends payment to the underlying lender the seller will know if and when the buyer has not made a payment, in which case they can choose to make the underlying mortgage payment and proceed to foreclosure, (3) the seller’s legal position is enhanced since he holds a debt security interest in the property (4) the seller may be able to wrap a higher amount than the underlying note and or a higher interest rate and (5) the seller’s credit position may be enhanced since he has the asset of the wrap note offsetting the underlying debt.  

On the other hand, if you’re financially secure, the low-rate loan and potential appreciation make holding more attractive.

They didn’t completely destroy the house, I did keep most of their security deposit and used it for the repairs, along with some of our own cash.

So, I guess I will hope social security pays something in 20 years and the stock market is still there when I grow old.BTW, I am an experienced investor, I know I can dump everything in the stock market but I am hesitant to do that.

This also helped us in an unattended way when investing with my Solo 401k because banks treated the funds as liquid when invested in a public traded exchange versus in their fund and helped with securing better commercial financing on a deal because of the strength of our application in liquid assets.