Hey Pamela, In my experience a good property manager is worth their weight in gold.

Is there we buy gold signs, a Walmart or a lot of franchised business? 

We find that smaller more rural markets are gold as far as investing.

@Brandon Turner's book on investing with no and low money down and @David Greene's Long Distance REI are gold!

-The Perfect Investment - Paul Moore-Never Split the Difference - Chris Voss-Three Feet from Gold - Greg Reid-Cash Flow Quadrant - Robert Kiyosaki

This way, you can let the same money work for you over and over again to aquire more assets, build equity and cash flow while never having to sell this gold mine of a property you have with so much equity in it.A word of caution with HELOCs though, I hear a lot of them may have introductory rate for the first year and then shoot up after that so it may benefit you to have one for a year, then shop around to another bank for another low introductory rate and so on.

A good jack of all trades will be worth his weight in gold as most specialty subs aren't interested in coming all the way out to replace a door knob and/or their hourly rate makes maintenance calls prohibitive.

My question is am I sitting on a wholesale gold mine or should I drive out of town and look for something in a bigger town?

Keep your eyes open to new avenues that still lead to your end goal.Embrace DisappointmentFew people strike gold on their first attempt.

If you can sift through the dross and find the one or two gold nuggets hiding in the pan with problematic applicants, you have a tenant who is going to stay with you forever because they know their next lodging is a cardboard box if they screw up.