I know you're in a terrible position to be feeling scare like this.  

At a minimum you get to learn a bit without hurting your rep trying to wholesale what may be a terrible deal.  

The basement revealed some flooding issues and one of the units is in terrible shape with 1 woman living with 8 pets! 

It needs some work but it's not in terrible shape by any means.

Basically, the best deals come out of situations where human suffering is at maximum and someone is in a desperate haze to get out of some terrible situation, which makes them unable to take advantage of the regular market.

I feel terrible, but I'm trying not to let my feelings get in the way of business.

My mentor is renting his properties at about the local median and for his $240,000 homes he is renting them for $1500 per month (.6%) according to this book this is a terrible investment. this book states that he should be renting this house for $4800 per month which would be impossible.  

They are in pretty rough shape and my dad is a terrible manager.

This advice you were given is actually terrible and represents a fundamental ignorance of how most turnkey companies (at least in my experience) operate.  

The road infrastructure in the eastern county foothills is terrible; a maze of deadends with few main roads, and the county has no plans to ease access with new through-roads.