If the lord blesses you with financial wealth, Thank him, honor him and use the resources he has given you for his glory.I didn't quite understand what the true definition of wealth was until my father suddenly passed away from a heart attack 3 year ago at young age of 65."

Even with just a few, sudden smaller hits, like midnight moveouts, will be routine.Go back and re-read the posts about the 50% rule.

One of the biggest downsides to BP can be the "shiny object syndrome" you read a few new blog posts or forum threads and all the sudden need to learn about....some completely obscure investment strategy that will make me millions in the next few months.....something like that. :-) 

Is the recent surge in housing prices over the last couple of decades contributing to this?

Suddenly the remaining tenants became on-time with their rent. 

I am trying to save time and respond to everyone at once because I have gotten extremely busy all of a sudden!

We did about one or two phone calls before his urgency to help suddenly disappeared.

I am working intensely in Jacksonville market and not planning to change that for the next 2 years , would recommend you to check it out great Cap Rates and low cost of living with a surge of populations from 800k to 1.4m in 4 years sound about right to us after researching and evaluating 21 states. 

Others just cap the water on the shower, remove the sink faucet and cap, and/or remove toilet and cover hole, and all of a sudden, what do you have left?

i won a case with a previous tenant who left suddenly without notice; got two months worth of rent as my judgment.Knowing that getting a judgment and seeing the money are two very different animals, I wrote the defendent and told her that her options were to pay what she owed all at once, in two equal payments or in four equal payments but I'd be letting the judge "know" through letters whether she was following the judges "orders" regarding this judgement.It worked, although it took six months for her to pay the entire judgment.