Focus your energy on getting a good tenant, making more money or tightening up your own systems. 

A crash equals lower home prices and usually lower rent prices, tightening lending by banks. 

we deal with new strains of the flu, h1n1, every few years without batting an eye.

Tighten up your lease for the next tenant.My lease's include the following..

So I tried following the steps in this YouTube video but ended up just keeping off one of the screws holding a wire there because when attempting to tighten it with the resistor attached to it, there were some sparks flying which I didn't want any part of.

I wonder if as you review your initial screening process you might find some holes that you want to tighten up for future screening.  

Through platforms such as BP have learned to tighten and streamline the tenant screening process.Residences in strong neighborhoods that are updated nicely when put on market for rent can have the luxury of being able to choose from qualified tenants that have good credit, proof of income, & stability which is verified through their application, background check, & credit check as well as how they present themselves online and in person.

I listened in on a webinar on raising money in a changing market from another site earlier this week where a team of savvy investors went out of their way to teach us listeners how to get other investors to trust us with their cash (aka "use private money") in these unstable times where traditional lenders limit their exposure by tightening their lending rules so we can continue with our business.

Oncor wants to reduce the strain on the grid. 

I have zero experience with evictions.If all else checks out, I may pursue the short term lease with automatic renewal idea and tighten up my lease language as much as possible to guard against whatever situations I can think of.