See this link to shed light on this matter: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/self-made-millionaire-dont-put-161146781.htmlTim

That could shed light onto what is going on.

Like with everything, I know the best way to learn is diving in and learning by doing, but if I can shed some mistakes with help, that's preferred.

Can someone help me understand what I am missing or shed some light here?  

We have a property manager but have been accepting payment directly for ease of process.Can anyone shed some light on their best payment acceptance method please? 

As long as it is a solid surface you would be able to park a vehicle or camper, trailer,  on the slab if you wanted to.That size slab wasn't cheep to put in, ugly it still has value.I'd just plain not think about it and leave it as is until you decide to change it over into a car port, shed, or put a fence around it.  

Can someone shed some light as to the difference?

Can someone shed some light on what works and doesn't here? 

@Ryan JenksI had to agree that investing out of state is tempting when you are used to dog shed here in CA asking $2M a piece.....$500K (I dont know how much you were going to pay for the 14 unit) for a 14 units looks pretty awesome in comparison...But I have first hand experience with OOS investing in a A class property in a A- location about 10 years ago...

Hope you can shed some light on this!