It was covered in ugly red brick looking sheet vinyl, a black adhesive tar from hell and we removed a wall.

I agree, moving into more cash flow props is a good idea if your current investments are appreciation plays - all investing is a gamble, so it's could to play both red and black ;)

I get more than market rate from Section 8 in 2 out of 3 and in the other it is right at Market rate...............Yes sometimes it may take longer for them to get out to inspect because of red tape,....but a lot of the time it's been worth the rate.  

If they feel they have especially severe headaches, they take Excedrin Extra Strength.The fact that these two medications, one sold in a green box and bottle and the other sold in red, contain exactly the same active ingredients, 250 mg of aspirin, 250 mg of acetominophen, and 65 mg of caffeine, is unknown to them, because they don't read labels.

If a mid  week deal at the Palms is enough to trigger someone into a "Red Alert - Recession Alert - Sell Alert"  then they should sell their properties. 

Late payments  are the biggest red flags IMO.   

The bigger red flag is their foreclosure.

@Patti RobertsonWow there is so much red tape that I didn't even know about.

But i had too many questions and his answers were raising red flags.

I'm shopping for a first property myself and I've found in modelling out a bunch of deals around the city that for a buy and hold with high leverage it will take around five years to get out of the red on a lot of fixer uppers.