I know we'll lose some time/energy on securing a new client, but I'm okay with this if we don't lose any money due to vacancy.  

In our initial investigation we determined that we didn't want to invest locally since we live in a economically depressed area with limited employers, so we did the easiest thing and bought a turn-key property in Birmingham.

datafinder.com or REIskip.comdatafinder is cheaper at $0.06 USD per phone number and $0.04 USD per email$99 USD minimum order, so you might as well turn in a list of 1000+ names to best economize your data.REIskip.com is about $0.24 USD per number I have no idea about data quality ... also, google "data hygiene"  

Possibly justifying higher rents and lower vacancy.In the end, it may be worth pricing out a deep-energy retrofit to super insulate/air seal the property and drop your costs.Good luck and please let me know your thoughts / what you decide.

It does take time, and energy. 

I did have my electrician do an electrical plan overlay for the electrical in the kitchen, so that is one factor.I will also say that there are crazy energy regulations in place in CA that can impact the electrical and HVAC. 

In just 20-30 minutes per day, you can get moving, get those creative juices flowing, improve your circulation, and boost your energy.

And focus all of your energy on finding the motivated ones.

I'm just not sure that it has huge growth potential and the economic outlook is sluggish.

So, given that there was a crash 10 years ago (and some people forecast another big one soon) and there are plenty of investors that do ultimately fail in healthy economic times, what does that look like, and how do you recover?