When his father and mother passed - we both stayed at work, and went to work the next day. 

I am Estrella McKinney, former military, wife, mother, daughter and sister.

A longtime tenant lost her mother recently, and I'm wondering what, if anything, fellow landlords do to acknowledge big events (marriages, births, deaths, etc.) in their tenants' lives.

Natural disasters and Mother Nature.  

I dare one person to say they think houses will be cheaper in 20 or 30 years. in a sleepy neighbor of very slow appreciation outside Minneapolis my my mother’s house has gone from $25k to $400k in 40 years.

Example 1 - here's one an investor friend used for STR/LTR; longterm holds: Investor purchases property with cash / leverageAfter cash sale and capital improvements (finish basement, add a mother-in-law-suite in the basement, etc.), refinance the property based on purchase price + capital improvements, both partners put in 10% to 12.5% cash* of this amount (minimum down payment for investment properties) At this stage, the property becomes a medium to long term hold and monthly rent pays the new mortgageProperty management:~20% of gross monthly income for STR / MTR~7-10% of monthly rent for LTR, 50/50 split on improvements to property (i.e.

Bill Gulley - My mother is a very wise woman.  

I don't even know how it's possible, because we have one on the line at the flight school and every one and their mothers have Cirrus' at SMO...but somehow I've never done it!

My former mother in law just sold her property there and she told me that due to the seasonal environment in population, she didn't have the best quality tenants. 

My mother's parents are French Canadian and my father's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Portugal in 1913.