thank you Stan, so the latest update is that she deposited 350$ to my account, which means two other payments are still missing and has disappear... not gonna look for her. but I am gonna make the tenant find out what happened. he has the lease for the full amount, if I haven't received it, I need to know for surewho did. she said that she only got 350$. 

Hopefully your lease is written so that you don't also have to return the security deposit, if the tenant has just disappeared.  

After another complaint from kid and another Threat of Eviction letter to my tenants, by all accounts, except for new kid, I'm told they stopped smoking in house.Kid leaves abruptly and I reluctantly let  him after 3 or 4 months even though I lose a couple months rent.  

I have had times when I thought everything was a done deal, only to have the accepted applicant disappear, never to return. 

The issue here isn't that cash disappeared but a money order.

which disappears with lower humiditysource: -personal home: after old people carpet and pad original 70's, changed to wood-rental: cleaned (6 times and made sure to vacuum multiple times) but still smelly; cured by changing carpet and pad.

It makes everything look so perfect when you see it online, then when I get there, I suspect that bright glossy finish over everything kind of just disappears.

Cash flow also allows the REI to profit during the time between now...and when that appreciation gets cashed in.My biggest negative with appreciation/equity investing is no matter what market you are in, at any given time, it can disappear.  

I am retired but back in the day I refi'd down chasing the rates from 12% to 3% even going for 15 year loans thinking I was grabbing the lowest rate that for sure would disappear. 

Let'm walk, guess what - - they will disappear and not solve the problem.Again WELL DONE; thanks for posting!