You just need a process ready for the next step so that you're not scrambling at the last minute.

Then you will see one or more of the tenants leave and the remaining tenants can't afford the rent so they either scramble to plug in another roommate or they all leave.

Lost 1 1/2 mo rent while I scrambled to get a new PM.

I wasn't expecting to land an off market deal, and I'm now scrambling to fill in my knowledge gaps.Do I bring in the standard contract my agent uses?

You don't want to scramble to get approved once you start the conversation. 

As time passed and we were approaching the end of the renovations, this particular handyman moved on and left the company in sort of a scramble to find a new one. 

How I want to invest is going to be different than another person even though we may overlap in fundamentals of looking at a deal.If we all used the same criteria to pick markets to invest in, we would all be scrambling and competiting with each other and there would only be one "right" market.

I recently had a tenant who decided to move to Texas without letting me know, now I'm in a scramble to get the unit rented.

If I wait until something dies, then I'm scrambling to find a used replacement, which is hard to do, and I usually end up buying new.

I think when its this close to the holiday you can get more because everyone is booked and people are scrambling to get a place.