Suddenly it all stopped and there hasn't been any laundry for 3 weeks. 

We're going through a bit of a rent surge at the moment due to low vacancy rates.Keep in mind: as a general rule, in Spokane, with multifamily, landlord pays W/S/G, but with single families, the tenant pays W/S/G.

It suddenly occurred to me at 10 deals I will have $500,000.

I have seen many times where a property is on the market for a long time and then suddenly gets multiple offers.

Factor in things like IRS depreciation, interest expense, insurance expense, and other deductions, and all of a sudden this number looks a bit more attractive.  

The reason is that buyers will shift their price downward to compensate for the rate increase and keep their monthly the same and that would result in your home suddenly showing up for more buyers.Hope that helps.R

My short sale was approved and all of the sudden I couldn't get final HUD approval to close.

That surge raises the energy going across the filament as E = IV > iV = e where I > i is the surge in current, V is the voltage across the filament.

But let's add the surcharge of sending out repair people to those homes and suddenly it's not $50 anymore.

So, people buy in bulk REO and suddenly there is more fraud.