I wanted to refresh this post to share my recent experience with others who might otherwise suffer the same fate.

Am I suffering from greener grass syndrome, or should I have "Lived where I want to live and invested where the money made sense."?

We not only lost our hard-earned money but on top of everything, our health suffered, I had several sleepless nights due to the stress and anxiety that this horrible experience created for my wife and me.After the buy-back was completed, I approached Maverick to at least help us with our losses by requesting us to give back ~$6000.

This amount represents a reasonable estimate of the actual damages the owner may suffer due to delay, and the contractor agrees that this sum is not a penalty."

Certainly not by liquidating their retirement accounts that just suffered an historic drop in value.Do you feel that Oregon’s bias against landlords is a temporary fad, or a permanent change that may even worsen over time? 

Or don't and suffer huge losses due to subpar leasing and property management operations.

Did they suffer loss of principal during down cycles (or even up cycles for that matter). 

He had his 'friend', his old cell mate, this downtrodden gentleman sadly suffering from addiction.. he stuffed him in that house with some tools.

If you want 100% of your investments in public equity, that is fine and you will reap those rewards or suffer those losses.  

But they still suffer from interest rates and market sentiment factors.