The addition of surplus inventory leads to lower occupancy and lower rents, which significantly reduces revenue for landowners.Question:What phase do you think your market or the general market is as a whole and what are you doing about this?

Is there a surplus/shortage of places that accept Section 8 in the city?

My guess is you have not actually sat down and done the real math required or anticipated the headaches of being a landlord/investor.Assuming you are a hobby investor, you have surplus income to supplement your investment income monthly and you do not mind contributing cash monthly resulting in lowering your actual end profit who cares.It is a combination of investing and forced savings.

It's right outside a military post, right off a main highway and in the midst of a ton of chain stores (mostly fast food), and mom and pop shops that cater to Service Members( barbers, dry cleaning, Army surplus etc...).

This scenario yields about a +$5000 per year surplus, so overall, these two retirement properties that I would own 100% (not fractional/timeshare) creates a breakeven financial result, and they are appreciating assets (hopefully).Because of the peak patterns and the overlap of the schedules, cash flow remains positive in every month of the year, so I don't have to float any expenses. 

You can then either use same strategy, using and paying off HELOC right away (then your main house will never be in jeopardy of being taken away) to buy rental houses, or in addition to it, using all the rental 's surplus income from all properties, on paying down one rental, and then you can use that rental as your "financing" other properties house, instead of your main house.

Bellmawr Surplus has the best price on trim!

National Real Estate Insurance Group is basically a surplus lines broker that has marketed themselves a rehab insurance agency.  

Surplus eventually causes prices to start falling.

They treat surplus funds from mortgage Foreclosures and tax sales differently.