I bet if you Google "Craigslist scam private mover" or something similar you'll find almost the exact wording of your text!

Not to say anything is wrong with those properties but I am seeing more and more properties that people from Austin are buying "betting" on the future and not taking into consideration what it is today.

I'm not an expert on Wichita, but I'll bet a beer that your return on your Parker house, when considering rents AND appreciation, is much higher than the same amount of money invested in Wichita.

I guess I am holding on because I'm thinking of paying off the rest of the mortgage and then I can bet $1000/mo.

I didn't care about the money, I just wanted out.Well in May the owner of the contracting company experienced a tragedy, or I'm just a big sucker, but I'll believe the contractor experienced a huge meltdown.

I'm also not sure how that area fared after Irma, but I bet there was some degree of flooding. 

I have to think this is your best bet by far.2) Craigslist3) Realtors.  

The University area is very good to invest in with decent returns and a safe bet

I think you best bet on a smaller sized multi-family in this case is to allow tenants to connect their own washer/dryer for a fee or just charge slightly more rent for the convenience rather than buy coin-op machines. 

I currently invest in both, the path of progress are great but you are betting on the actions of others, so while the pay off is potentially huge, it sometimes doesn't work out as planned.