Appreciation The natural rise in value real estate tends to experience.

I'm naturally an optimist, but I really do believe that the number of landlords that treat their tenants like they are just numbers on a spreadsheet is much less than people who treat them like humans.

My personality and nature is actually wired to be loyal, but almost to a fault.  

In reality that is just the nature of the beast.

This is so true and I enjoyed reading this CJ.Everything of this nature takes time, patience and lots of learning!!

However, my question is about damage that occurred because of natural events, made worse from neglect.

Having multiple properties minimizes downside risk of vacancy, natural disasters, and you don't have all your equity sitting in one place, which is a target for lawsuits.  

It is notable that Quincy is located a mere 10 miles from some of the top academic medical centers in the world; Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to name a few.

It's all a 1231 loss (which is ordinary in nature).E.g.

Each property is different, so it is natural that the terms may need to be tailored specific to a property.