But they asked for a little space to store their Christmas items. 

echo the traveling nurse being under privileged. for actionable advice I can only tell you what I personally did.4 years ago around Christmas time I was thinking of what I could do to give back.

I called them and found out that the miles needed for a Christmas trip I booked for my son and his wife went down (pretty substantially I might add) and Delta auto adjusted my miles.

Send them thank you and Christmas card for leaving.

https://www.zillow.com/research/october-2024-rent-report-345...It's normal for the market to slow down in winter, especially right around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

My biggest piece of advice is to connect with local chicago real estate investors in person...highly suggest checking out the christmas party on 12/12:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/1218823-chic...

It has all the components needed I just need to buy it and stir it up and hope I get great results.But if I want a really good cake, that's pretty and I would be proud to take to my mother in laws house at Christmas . . . well I am going to go to my Sister's house and get her list of ingredients and notes on how to buy them.  

You don't get a call from your W2 on Christmas Eve to come unclog the toilet (unless that's your job).What was the reason your properties in Indy ended up negative cash flow?

How about Christmas lights? 

(My renovated units are unusually nice at each price point where I compete-- and so far, I have always had multiple applicants that want to rent; even in the dead of winter and right before the Christmas holidays).