Your tenants likely continued to work with no pay cut and received a couple stimulus checks that puts them ahead of the game.

Too long cut the word count by 50% Don't say negative "desperate" things, don't ask someone you don't know to feel sorry that you are hard working. 

Also a likely tenant lined up as she had been waiting to lease until the work was finished but the seller got tied up with the city (get your permits people!)

One thing that came up was the internet cables were cut on the outside of the house, and now I know for future showings and inspections to really look at how tenants will hook up to the internet.

Is it tied to the property, ie you will ultimately be responsible.If you don't add another meter, how are you splitting the costs? 

"A city proposal to require tracking of municipal and commercial energy use has the potential to help city government, private building owners and tenants save millions of dollars, reduce emissions by thousands of tons and cut water usage by billions of gallons in less than a decade."

Definitely cuts down on visibility.

A lot of work goes into "just cutting the lawn".

:)A counter point to the statement that all investments are technically out of our direct control - Yes, you are correct, I cannot control Apple, Intel or Amazon, however, if I have a brokerage account containing those stocks, I can certainly reallocate my risk within minutes buy selling/buying, where in a partnership type investment, my money is tied up for a set amount of time.Once again, thank you for posting - I have a lot more to digest and think about, which I am grateful for. 

That doesn't mean wholesalers burn down daycare centers and cut puppies open with a dull knife.