I make sure that deadline will give me enough time to find a quality tenant, I like at least 2 months since the better tenants in my market tend to plan ahead.  

That level of doors you cannot afford a full time repair person and buildings at 50k  a door tend to be C type properties needing constant upkeep.Typical down is 25% but you can do 20% but interest rate rises which affect the returns versus the cap you are buying at.

They are nice but tend to have one mission.

Military Orders tend to trump almost anything, especially if it is from the Government, like a loan. 

We have found that the kids just tend to do stupid things every now and then but we always get our rent on time.

@Ashley WarnhoffThe only advice I can provide would be that whether renting or selling1) use earth tones as they tend to be appealing to many and still neutral enough to allow people to coordinate belongings in a way that will most likely work for them to some extent.2) Choose the same set 2-3 colors you can use on exteriors and interiors from project to project so that touch up work doesn't turn into a re-paint and so when you have paint left over at the end of one or another projects, you can save the excess and use it again later on another unit - saving $.Hope that helps......

From there we led the water out of the crawler, then we put a nice thick vapor barrier throughout the entire crawler and sealed it.

I am familiar enough with the area to know that the further east you go, the more "problematic" the area is, but should I rule out those neighborhoods because they tend to have higher crime rates?

Hopefully you have liquid assets and good credit, the more you do the more people will tend to work with you, listen you and help you.

As to wasting time I haven't had the luxury of working with anyone on bp but a ton of "investors" in my local market tend to do just that.