Karen, do you work for food?

Additional food for thought is saving some of the cash flow for repairs you may need. 

2) the job market is excellent and people have gotten a lot of extra cash 3) inflation has hit salaries as well as housing prices. 4) Rates are still low by historical standards. 5) the people making food money are REALLY making good money—a real have and have not situation

I left there during the Vietnam War and never came back.

Or a "your food/ my food" type deal?

We have a beautiful mix of cultures, cities/towns within cities, suburbs, luxury pockets, and fantastic food to name a few things.

If I would have bought there instead of the various neighborhoods I currently own, I may have doubled my net worth.So every Investor has an Opportunity Cost if they can invest in a neighborhood, but for their own reasons, such as not receiving cashflow from the beginning, they invested elsewhere.Hopefully I have given you food for thought.Investor Llew

For example, any food and medicine have to be vacated for the tenting.

The following is not advice but food for thought based on personal experience.As a new couple ready to start a family, we desperately wanted to buy a home. 

My cousin claims when that happens that bullets and food will be the new currency.