If they do, I would not be surprised if it had to be replaced in the same spot.

Perhaps I'm biting off more than I can chew, but here goes.Speaking of buying property, I've noticed something on the Motley Fool boards that has surprised me.

Lower quality tenants have surprising ways of eating into cash flow just as much as pesky taxes will.

Our rents:March STR: $0 (Typical rent ~$15K)March LTR 100% (paid before the stay at home edict)April STR: $0 (typical rent ~$18K - helped by Easter week).April LTR: 100% (I had forecast 85% so I was pleasantly surprised).May STR forecast: Likely $0 (Typical ~$17K)May LTR: just over 50% of tenants already which, with yesterday being a Sunday. is close to normal. 

I just put a newly renovated house on the rental market in Tempe...I was a bit nervous about decline in rental activity and/or showings due to covid, but ended up being pleasantly surprised.

I would not be surprised in 10 years if the college kids view online learning completely different than college students today.Regarding working people, I agree that the 9-5 seems to be obsolete.

@Ryan Swigart Yep....pretty much anything can be fixed, and surprise expenses shouldn't be too much of a surprise as we should all be accounting for leaving money available for errors and the unexpected. 

., my PM costs about 12% of rent collected overall on annual basis, and has kept my time invested at a surprising minimum over multiple years, multiple homes.

Meanwhile there is a surprising amount of cash owned real estate or cash flowing real estate (yes there really are people and companies out there paying rent. 

The yard is in surprisingly good shape, aside from the junk.An offer was made and accepted before we had a chance to discuss it.