As I have been listening to a lot of real estate YouTube videos I realized that my moving into the unit is a major contribution to this deal and instead of us paying 20% we got 5% yet we are contributing the same amount of money.

There are tricks of the trade you cant get every time on YouTube that matter. 

Timing can sometimes be as valuable as improvements in this business.

I'll re-post here if I notice improvement :).  

Rockford seems to be improving, but what areas are a "no go" for buy and holds?

We found evidence of mental health and familial issues, all sorts of debt, IRS issues, and even YouTube videos showing a life in disarray. 

Watch a few youtube videos on increasing your credit score quickly.

I know Property Meld has something built into their Maintenance dashboard where it asks for reviews after maintenance issues are handled and I think if they rate 4 or 5 starts they then ask for a google review and if it's 3 or below it stays internal and gets circulated around so the team can figure out what went wrong and improve on it.

We have always had the philosophy that if we rehab our properties to a quality level, we will get higher rents, better tenants who take care of them, and we will improve the neighborhoods we invest in. 

Needless to say, I've been scouring for information on YouTube, BiggerPockets, online websites etc.