Pro tip - Home Depot has a tile from Ivy Hill that looks exactly like Zellige for a fraction of the cost.

Quote from @David Ivy: Happy New Year!

I have two kids in middle school and I'm trying to get myself ready to retire by 55.

But occasionally we have issues and tenants need to be asked to leave or just decide to disappear in the middle of winter and it sucks.The worst part is I find the quality of tenant interested or willing to move this time of year isn't the greatest either - often times there is a reason they have to move right now since most landlords don't like ending leases this time of year.Either lower your rent or just hang in there.

You’re spot-on about the "missing middle."

I feel like i am in this awkward in the middle stage where I still need to work my corporate job, but right on the cusp to make real estate my fulltime job.   

My ideal location is in the middle so I'm away from severe flood risk, but still 15-20 mins tops to downtown or the beach.  

I’m in the middle of a few transactions like this myself.

A lender is the middle man who will sell your loan to the big banks and in most cases charge you points and higher fee's to support the branch and loan officers commissions.

Quote from @Martin Streich: If it is in the middle of the contract term, you either have to terminate it and rewrite a contract, including the other tenant or wait until the contract is done and add the new tenant to the contract on the next lease.