For years we have been away from all our properties which are scattered across the nation in no small part due to my military career from which I just retired. 

Aloha,As a great example, years ago I was probably managing around 100 scattered site section 8 housing, in addition to some 600 average rentals.

i drive very little each year...around 6-7k miles and that's to all properties and work (full time job).i figured i made around 1000 miles and that's what i claim. i never keep track of that stuff. i go to HD 3-5 times a day (yes, ADD or scatter brain, who knows), so i can't keep up with a "log book".

Awesome hopefully there's some gems of advice scattered in there! 

I literally want to be in and out of the property in 12 months so that I can move onto the next one.I see a lot of scattered information on this concept but haven't found anything linear to get me from A to B.

I know there are threads on this topic, but they are scattered and hard to pull all together.

It seems opinions are scattered concerning my options.

The micro-markets you just described are the "scattered" thunderstorm version.Like I said, it's not unusual at all.  

He left the house after the home invasion, but did not pay for three weeks, broke the lease, left the house a disaster, and left drug baggies scattered in the road with the piles of garbage.

on the surface if your looking for non appreciating assets scattered around the state and willing to do all this for that small of cash flow then sure.now the questions are have you accounted for everything.1.