Those who wanted to “play it safe” are safely mediocre and middle class, that with one more swipe from natural disasters such as another pandemic would wipe them out.  

You probably have the number on the top of your head, but I believe the avg CAP over pandemic was 4.5-5%?

Many of our local cities actually require 60 days notice for rent increases or terminations (and some of these are recent, post-pandemic changes to local laws). 3.

What if there's another pandemic?  

I currently live in a 3 bed 2 bath condo in Bucktown that I bought just before the pandemic.

She has been a wonderful tenant and has paid rent on time every month, including through the pandemic.

Even now amidst the pandemic its very difficult at least just by searching on the MLS.Traditional financing is at 25% down and I'm still just breaking even on these it seems (going off zestimates for rent for quick ballpark).Is it anybody making money in these areas?

Everyone has an opinion on what is happening with the real estate market, but we literally have no idea how the coronavirus will play out over the next three months.

The corona virus really stirred things up so being patient is important.  

Both experienced loss of income during the pandemic and their credit scores are low.