Sounds like you are headed in the right direction.

One thing that scratching my head is, If section 8 rentals for a 2 bedroom are $2013, why is the market value for a non section 8 rental $1400-$1500 in Grays Ferry?

That's way over my head.

We are usually at about 1.5 times median and rent to people who are looking for a lifestyle and not just a roof over their head. 

It's human nature not to factor in their time, nor large episodic real estate expenses etc.almost forgot this table chart from Mary Callahan Erdoes , she is the head of JP morgan asset management which has hundreds of thousands of high net worth investors, They are quite stringent when comparing their own investor's returns to other Asset classes

The idea of selling the properties pops into my head at least once a week.

I’m a landlord and my tenant is asking if I can change the shower head in the bathroom.

"If your housing is held over your head by your trafficker, it's very difficult to get out of that if you don't have a place to lay your head.

I have 2 STRs in Hilton Head and they are great from a cash flow perspective and appreciationWe manage them ourselves and it only requires about an hour a week total.

It makes me shake my head each time.