When everyone one the coasts saw 50-60% drops in home values (I saw up to 75% decreases in PHX) during the last crash, the midwest didn't suffer nearly as bad. 

They are now having relationship issues and the house is suffering along with them, its really messy, not like a crack house, but everything is on top of counters, dirty clothes piling up, floors haven't been washed in months.

While that is not insignificant, it is far less than some feared prior to the BRAC recommendations, and quite a bit less than other major posts suffered (like nearly 30% of the troop strength at Fort Benning, GA).Empirically, investor interest in Killeen was pretty tepid prior to the announcement.  

The PM suffers no loss for someone paying late.And a PM not listing your place for rent before your tenant moves out would be enough for me to drop them, let alone not having it ready and listed 11 days after move out.Sounds like you need a new PM.

Keep in mind that with oil prices lower for longer, many industries in Houston will suffer, not just big oil and oil service companies, but also the companies that provide software, accounting, etc to the energy industry.

His personal winery that was catering to the 40 to 80 dollar bottles at retail.. suffered tremendously and many went out of business and ended up being sold to celebrities and very rich business folks. not people interested in making money which is a lot of what happens in Napa.so in short your tenants will not store wine they will buy a bottle and drink it.. maybe buy 2 or 3 but that will be it. 

The short time you might suffer learning real estate will take years off of the school of hard knocks.

Again maybe i'm suffering from beginners fear, i want to put in the work, just not if its not there.

Again maybe i'm suffering from beginners fear, i want to put in the work, just not if its not there.

Basically, the best deals come out of situations where human suffering is at maximum and someone is in a desperate haze to get out of some terrible situation, which makes them unable to take advantage of the regular market.