You can think of a career in real estate NJ to give a boost to your career.

College town like West Lafayette is a favorite place for investors to boost income.

The lender doesn't want to see a dramatic drop off of overtime in the last 12 months compared to the previous 12 month period.

Use boosted facebook ads, for a low cost you can get local exposure. 

I doubt the next downturn will be that dramatic, but if prices dropped (some) and renters disappeared, what would be your exit strategy? 

You probably need to boost your speed

After looking at the information the agent gave me it looks to me like he was too close on his payments and when the property value rose dramatically from the cities investment he could no longer keep up with the payments and the taxes because the property taxes rose correspondingly over that same short period all at once on his properties.

I looked at what they would provide without financing  and it seems to have happened because the value of the properties in the area rose dramatically in one year 25%, then the single owner could not cover the cost in property tax on all his property so he is in foreclosure.

Multifamily syndications don't require any work on the LP side, can be less risky with conservative underwriting, and in a down market, rents typically don't crash as dramatically, if at all.  

For several of my properties the county has reduced the 2018 assessment dramatically.