For instance, there is a fairly large Federal government presence in Everett with the Naval Station and it's staffing and budget is disconnected from the fate of the tech giants in Seattle.However, I agree with your analysis that if Boeing continues on its path of engineering labor reductions in Everett, A & B rents will suffer.

Like the guy who sent us a yellow letter that just said $BUY$ on it in giant letters written with a Sharpie.  

She has her original property there which was undergoing reno, but contractor got into a tough life situation and is not able to finish the work (after taking a good chunk of money).  

Cause I am not able to contact him on a daily basis.

In some instances where properties were also financed, not only are investors not able to exit, but they are receiving capital calls to invest more money due to the loan maturing and the condition to refinance at a higher rate.

(Notably, say, Union City).

I am not able to pull the trigger purely based on student rental population.

But then again you have upkeep on that giant workshop in the back that really isn't bringing in any income.Ya so just too much work for me but I'm lazy.

Although today, the most common statements are "I just sold my home and made this giant 6 figure pile of cash, I need to rent by closing, and I am going to wait for "the collapse" and buy again". 

I had multiple people stating that they where not able to use a bank account with a p.o. box or ups box so I was wondering what would be another alternative if there is one.