I did not even realize that was a distinct thing I will definitely be looking into this immediately. 

That said, with a permanent 0.5% (or less) interest rate environment a distinct possibility, a 10% seller-finance note might look pretty sweet to just about everyone...Thoughts?

Anyone else in the Bay Area have the dubious distinction of trying to fill a vacancy right now?

Remember when we went out of our way to make laws about flavored vaping because of some contaminated weed vapors?

I think that is an important distinction.

I have dedicated my entire career to real estate in one form or function.. but having said that and having lived through 4 distinct now 5  distinct economic cycles or upsets.. you understand they are all different and you don't want to step over dollars to pick up pennies.. and alienating good tenants to me would be foolish just because you might have to forgo a couple grand and get it paid over time as things recover.. and if you cant afford 2 months payments on your rentals.. then that's your fault for being undercapitalized or taking on too much debt.. stuff happens.. we can all say well the tenant should be prepared.. but in reality its not the tenants investment its the investors they are the ones that need to be prepared.  

It took a very long time but we were finally able to sell that property for a nice profit in 2017.One important distinction is that the cause of the last recession was the real estate market bubble bursting which caused prices to tumble.

Sure they offer many flavors with differing amortization and terms, but it is the adjustable part I struggle with. 

There is a distinct possibility that people will miss paychecks and others may lose their jobs.

I wanted to try to offer perhaps some things to reflect on that might help a little bit...It sounds like you have two pretty distinct challenges in this situation;1.