Rental property cash flow

[Shawn H.]

I have owned 2 duplexes for 4 years. I thought I had done my research...read guru type books. I didn't come across sites like this until a couple years ago. Neither property meets the 2% rule. They have positive cash flow according to the rule, but only about $50 per door. One property has potential issues with trees and I did not consider an exit strategy(duplex will be more difficult to sell). My question is: Do most of you sell properties that may be sub-par, problematic or have lower cash flow than expected? Or do you just deal with the property until the cash flow hopefully increases? ....I am assuming that some of you have made property purchase mistakes.