Take this all with the lens of someone from out of town. 

This is a home and I think that it's important to look at it through the business lens but not as you would an investment property.

That yellow lighting and fishbowl lens for the photos isn't doing you any favors.

I look at things from a much different lens, so as usual, I don't think I'm in jeopardy of repeating anything.  

That's lost rent right there.And buy a DSLR camera with a wide angle lens so you can make my rental look decent online.

The location issue is also one that smaller landlords, I include myself in this, deal with since they tend to be more attached and look at their investments through the lens of "would I want to live here" instead of "does it make money".

I think this post shows the dangers of starting an investment career after 2009, not living through the 1970's, and most importantly looking at investing through the lens of possibilities without considering probabilities.Let's start with facts.

If you look at the big picture, which is what I am trying to convey, you will see that real-estate can only be seen through that lens.

If you treat yourself with the same lens as you do your potential real estate endeavor it will help set you up to weather the hard times.

When I got started I looked at properties too much through the lens of whether I would live there.