Or just hold on tight to my standards even if theres a vacancy? 

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Like Michael said, I would use a cleaner once a month to clean or biweekly, restock the common area items (like TP, dish soap, etc), and sign up for routine lawn and snow services.

Or wait and scan the market for a multi family I can afford?

Mitigation Strategy: Investors might focus on long-term tenants to maintain stability or find other ways to increase income, such as charging for amenities or reducing operating costs. 2.

College Station, TX or any other place I should be looking for a better ROI?

However 2 things to note: 1) DSCR loans for future investment property acquisitions do not care about your DTI (DTI only really matters when buying a new primary or any time you are using a Fannie/Freddie/Ginnie loan).  2) After 12 months of proof of someone else paying it for you, you may be able to omit it from your DTI calculation. 

If the tenant ever builds up another $500 or so in debt then I would evict.  

I wonder if he bit off more than he can chew.Its been a tough road last 3 years or so..

Hoping maybe someone has some insight if these are good options or maybe we’re missing some other cities!