It seems to me that in an inflationary environment, properties with long-term leases could suffer relative to the decreasing value of a dollar.

Hate to see someone suffer shock & awe from an overnite City ordinance change that destroys their investment (aka the motivation for this topic).

.@ Will Kinel - I work with homeowner's to go through the insurance claims process when they suffer a loss due to wind/hail storms.

I'm not sure I know what WRT means though.Here's another question, Why does it seem that experienced owners seem to know who to hire and how to train them correctly while those who aren't long (or profitable) in the business repeatedly make the mistake of hiring management that makes the property suffer from chronic high vacancy, high expenses, etc... and ultimately have to sell the property themselves at sometimes huge losses?

IF a person does not suffer a margin call in the drops........

However I would not leave my 9-5 until my investment income stream is equal to my employment income otherwise your family will suffer.

I will suffer the lack of income to replace them with quality folks.

Rehabbing, OTOH, requires tens of grands, and you have a pretty good chance of suffering a loss on your first deal.

And, while this is speculation, I suspect that this higher-end condo is likely going to suffer even harder than properties like mine that are lower end.

Two months later we got a letter from a lawyer stating that we breached the contract and was being taken to court for the moving cost of the tenants, holding cost, and some kind of pain and suffering.