Relax and get yourself under control .put some cameras up maybe add a few security yard signs off eBay and keep an eye out for mischief 

But have you considered holiday rentals?

Shope We held the property for basically 3 months working pretty much on weekends when holidays and kids events didn't get in the way.

"You need to relax, mom.

hello everybody my short long story, been trying to start the real estate business but every time something happened, when I saved good money to start I got new job offer on west Palm Beach I moved there before Christmas time so I worked for couples day's and the company shut down for the holidays, so on that time by moving and get my life Seattle I lost total of 5 weeks without work, after 3 months we decided to back to Ohio because FL was expensive for me with 2 babies. back to Ohio and start looking for job I just got one with decent payment, all the money I saved gone with about 5k deb8in credits and 2 personal loan.what's your guys advice for me from your experience?

Howdy @Jason HowellHope you are enjoying the Holiday.  

Happy Holidays!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays my BP peeps!

I don't want to hit them with increases just before the holidays, and certainly don't want to hunt for tenants in january. 

Always hard to tell for a market I don't know, but here is what we do.Winter is a bit thougher in Wisconsin, but I find that people move all the time and while a lot of people stay put in winter, there are also very few properties available - so it's a wash.I usually try to avoid December and January for lease end dates mostly because of the holidays and we will go 14 months instead of 12.