Even just doing one of those is hard enough, but now you have to be an expert in finding discounted properties, rehabbing properties, rental and property management, maintenance, and raising capital and getting loans.

While proximity to developing scenes and amenities suggests upward potential, the nearby "war-zone" area could raise significant concerns regarding safety, tenant quality, and property value stability.

Raise your rates I’ll still book.

Im have started my private/hard money lending business and looking to have money partners to grow my business since I have ran out of my private money. I have done several projects now and really streamline my busines...

This enabled me to raise cash from the assignment fees. 

I do not raise rents every year. 

So every year you do not compensate by raising rents, you are losing money.

Which is not good (at least in my book) when it comes to long term investing.Matthew, the issue you are raising already been well addressed by @John Underwood.

How do you go about raising the capital to purchase new rental properties?

You typically have three main hats that need worn: acquisitions (deal sourcing), asset management (execution), and capital structuring (equity raising, financing).