Many people say not to count on any appreciation and to look at it like a bonus because you never know what might happen in the future. 

If she tries to buy a car in the future she'll have to pay your judgement.Write a comment on the eviction filing form:   If defandant appeals to superior court, the defendant must pay full rent amount of $NNN into the court.   

Currently I'm a systems engineer for a local IoT startup, but I've realized through the years that trading time for money is no longer part of my future plans. 

I undertand the 50% Rule is there to cover vacancies and repairs, but just about everything in the property is new from the roof to the central air, and I don't foresee any major repairs for the foreseeable future.

I feel like some of the new materials being used today like MDF which is basically glued together sawdust will be looked back on in the future like what were they thinking to use that stuff.

@Eddie Werner I've already gotten inspections done, so I know what cap ex's will hit me in the immediate future.

I think this is why internal rate of return exists - I know we're talking about rules of thumb, but if I've got a property in an area expecting lots of rent growth, I can add value in other ways, etc. over the course of a few years, the present value of those future cash flows and any other liquidity events become very important and it could make sense to accept a much lower CoC in the near term. 

We have been able to hold on to the property but really need a solid game plan on set up and strategy for sustainable growth so we can get out of corporate and do this full time.

My future portfolio will be about 5-10 single or multi family residences.

It teaches them bad behavior and ultimately they will get evicted by you or some other landlord in the future.