Unpredictable weather happens, and it seem this will happen more often.

Real estate may do better, or not, but the risk is higher for various reasons: single asset type versus diversification, singular asset versus say an index, unpredictable costs, and presumably leverage.

The unpredictable nature of chargebacks is why we encourage hosts to try to come to a resolution before the guest feels like they do not have any other options."

If his material takeoff and labor estimate was not figured right that is not your fault and you shouldnt have to pay for that, but on the other hand material is very unpredictable so if this wasnt discussed on how to handle inflation on material then there may be changes but he should have comunicated that at the time he discovered it.

You intend on spending a ton of money in a country  that is not your own with unpredictable future laws and unpredictable cartels and you won't spend a few bucks for AirDNA to get an idea if it's even worth it.

Anyway, its a good first approximation and better than trying to predict unpredictable events.So, lets look at what you can expect from a $300K fourplex with $800 monthly rents.

I've filed the eviction, they've been served with the paperwork, and now all that's left is for me to wait for the next steps and hope I filled everything out right (Denver county's process is making my head spin, and I'm having to do this without a lawyer because of cost) while in the meantime my tenant is otherwise just ignoring all my texts and notices and also (it feels like) acting like nothing has changed, still having people over for dinner, still walking in and out of my front door like no problem...leading up to this point I've had multiple informal conversations with this person about the toll their unpredictable behavior around payments has had on me.  

I usually look 1% rule then PITI and rent amount and buffer but repairs is major major unpredictable thing which could run thousands of dollars which makes every type of calculation blown away

Life is short and very unpredictable.

This makes it a safer bet than unpredictable market investments.