You should point this out to potential clients/investors/partners, your clients will be your top priority and you will crawl through mud, scale barbed wire fences, go behind enemy lines and do whatever it takes, if they work with you...it's part of the reason the larger well established brokers always have a stable of young agents, youthful enthusiasm!

Stable and steady?

buying the wrong properties to start with in the wrong areas.. low end that look great on paper.. but the tenants are sporadic at best move every year almost always.. and when the house does go vacant they get vandalized  condensers stolen that's what cost in some areas.. to fix that I think you just need to buy at the top end of the rental price ranges so you can attract that long term stable tenant..  

So my zero debt rental properties fall in the core and provide the stable foundation to do other things with the rest of my portfolio.Also, it was possible to buy decent properties in my area of the country (Tampa) in the $100K range five years ago or earlier, but not anymore as prices have gone up too much.

Shelf & cabinet with red X going away.Rehabbing a house we just bought, and we're trying to decide what to do with the cabinets.

Prices in Upstate NY are stable for residential properties year over year.

Easier to get financing and more stable. 2.

. :-) We are also close to the Bangor submarine base, where the military folks tend to be on the higher end of the pay scale, and more stable.

Having said my current goal is primarily stable cash flow and less focussed on the appreciation.

Do you have a significant other or a relative with a stable income who will buy the house with you?