to use a poor analogy imagine if i owned Apple stock and the market was either going down or sideways.  

. (*) If I were in the 0.5% (the really top end, e.g. google founder stock) then I'd focus on issues at a completely different level.

Where do I find someone to deal with my tenant(freeloading uncle)repair/dead/cashflow(negative) issues?

I am on way to diversify my portfolio (around 1M) from all stock to real cash flow assets.

Just buy some blank card stock in the size you want and run them through with your word template.

The market changes, yes, but not like the stock market.

After selling off our house, our stocks, and her car we'll have between $200k and $250k.We'll need about $1500/mo to fund our trip, but I don't want to just draw from a savings/checking account.

It's analogous to what Warren Buffett said about stock prices.

I decided to stay far away from the stock market--and instead to buy townhouses in my town.

This is another big reason why people prefer investing in cash flowing property that gives you all normal deductions that you can get from many other low budget investments such as buying dividend stocks.