The process I went through included "where would I be willing to live", how do they treat landlords there, how much can I "cash flow" the properties in those cities, are jobs coming into those cities or is the city on the down hill slide.

This is all done prior to closing and on the first few deals that you perform with them.I had a deal go down hill because when I went to visit one of the sellers (I meet them through the wholesaler) he did not seem to be the right fit for who should be selling the properties to us, and that was discovered on the inspection report and relationship he had with the tenants that were in the homes at the time.

Biodegradable dye is mixed with water and poured into the clean out and then filmed at the closest down hill man hole.  

It is just a series of decisions that slowly go down hill. 

I was ready to buy when market went downhill.

Being along the river, you may be downhill from existing sewer lines. was the original farmhouse on septic?

.  (**** does roll downhill, just be glad that you're not at the VERY bottom)However, here in Oklahoma, I would highly suggest having the utilities automatically setup to switch to your name in the event of the bills not being paid by the tenant.  

I stay away from properties that are downhill from others or in a valley 

One property was in Newark, the other in East Orange, and we did not have the most desirable tenants in most desirable areas, so things went down hill.  

When I originally moved into there it was a good starter neighborhood but it us gone downhill some.