I have such a tenant too and I find that doing "a few small things to establish goodwill" tends to backfire with such folks and just encourages (actually it basically guarantees) additional requests.  

Ferry to SF is nice, but expensive, so I don’t think people on the lower end who live there (which tend to be the places that produce cash flow) can enjoy the ferry.

Downturns tend to help how I invest now, but the last downturn didn't help me when I had houses with mortgages.

Buy and hold tend to generate wealth with less work over a long period. 

I don't really subscribe to the 1 or 2% rule because they tend not to work as well in higher price ranges (like our area) I mainly look at Income vs.

I've been more-or-less passively looking, but I'll take more of an active role next week.Finally, as I've said before - successful people tend to look down on the act of doing your own manual labor.

I would tend to say that if you go that route, you are taking on the maximum risk possible.

So, I tend to just take a second, and clear my head, and calm myself out, and tell myself, "Everything will be Okay".

For one thing, they tend to be neater and also more responsible.

Because history tends to repeat itself.