I don't know if the banks would be able to afford just postponing mortgage payments without any compensation, or if they did they might not lend as much and just make things worse.

Ultimately, I'd encourage you to know what rights you have, but also work with your tenants to the extent that you can afford to in hopes that you can come up with a win-win solution. 

You might also have to commute further and rent somewhere cheaper to reach your goals, you decide what you can live with.How I started, I looked on zillow and looked at what I could afford.

I'm going to be investing out of state because the prices in Northern Virginia are more than she can afford.  

Beyond that, if I could start over, I would buy a 4 family if affordable in the area you want. 

They should make these loans so that we can keep making our payments assuming we could show that we could afford to make the loan payments once things come thru.

If you are in a position to do a deal with money that you can afford to lose without losing your shirt than its a personal decision if you have the stomach for it.

I haven't read too much on the local neighborhoods around DFW, but it appears to me that homes are much more affordable on the Western side of the metro.

The thing landlords can do, that's all of us, is get in front of this thing and take measures to settle the panic.I am going to get in touch with all my tenants today and let them know I am accepting whatever they can afford in rent for this month and for the near future.

78% of American Workers are living paycheck to paycheck (and the 22% who are not are probably not renting).https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2019/01/11/live-paycheck-to-paycheck-government-shutdown/#7977e25c4f10With so many businesses laying people off, and 10 days until the end of the month it's going to get real serious real quick, especially when no evictions are allowed.If you think your renters can afford to "Wrap" the missed month(s) payments into their future payments--78% of them are going to have a tough time keeping that promise and remaining on time and in full with their payments.Section-8 probably won't be hit as hard by this, (it's basically a 2nd parallel US economy) "Cradle to Grave" free government handouts.What are your thoughts on this?