Finally, our W2 jobs pay well and don't leave time to focus on making the rentals into a business and with having lost the drive to do it I'm just feeling a bit lost since these houses were a big part of my retirement plan-- and now I resent them. 

Do you think waiting 7 years to see income is a good idea can never spend it so keep driving your yugo? 

If you drive through residential streets versus MFU neighborhoods, there is a distinct difference in most (not all) cases.

I am looking to move as early as November of this year to get a second property closer to Washington DC (~ 1 hour drive). 

The kitchen has upgraded quartz counters, SS appliances, and they updated the bathroom as well.

The bottom line for me is that I drive every day.

Down the road, if the borrower is in a different situation and they want to use conventional financing, the loans that they personally guaranteed will count against their 10 properties financed when a conventional underwriter pulls a drive report. 

Here are some methods I have used so far.Free Sources:- information, or free internet search like switchboard.com- pipl.com (not too bad for free - finds social networking sites too)- Courthouse records (shows previous subpoena addresses and if they have a driving offence their date of birth in my county.

Master areas and neighborhoods, "drive to the areas" with google maps, etc.