And……I have seen great real estate locations become destroyed by bad management. 

I saw a guy driving past a square mile of solar panels in Texas where every single panel was destroyed.

One block can perform very well, and another block will destroy you.Before you invest, I recommend you locate a quality PM that can help you narrow down markets, determine which rentals perform best, cross-check sales prices and rent rates, and take over management right away.The biggest mistake you could make is to get talked into buying in the wrong neighborhood and then learning that the good managers won't touch it. 

You do not have to pay for them staying at a hotel, that is on them and/or their insurance. the tenant does have the option of canceling the lease, but you do not - unless the property was severely damaged or destroyed.

I was a, landlord for 15uears before my house was destroyed.

I know it depends on the policy, but the house is completely destroyed and cannot be sold, ive lost lots of money already and this is affecting my mental health.

We have since won that lawsuit andthe judgment will destroy that client financially for the rest of his life.

Due to a reduction in supply (properties destroyed or rendered unlivable) and an increase in demand (from those displaced by having their properties destroyed or rendered unlivable), home prices and especially rents actually tend to go up immediately after natural disasters.

Seven years is a lot of time for someone to cook meth in the bathroom and destroy a home.Why wait until the lease is over?

This also allows for property owners to more easily write-off assets that get damaged/destroyed as the value of these assets is determined as part of the study.