One of the residents of that property was shot in the driveway three years ago, so the police keep encouraging me not to engage that neighbor directly, which has made the entire process very lengthy.

Why would anyone go through such a lengthy process, just to get return on a meager thousand?

This is a lengthy one.  

And a lot of people pay attention to him as he's an accomplished author and has been a BP podcast guest on 3 shows.BiggerPockets Podcast 311: 6 Rules for Investing in Real Estate in the Coming Economic Shift with J ScottBut I would also consider that if you're young, with a long-term horizon to weather lengthy market cycles, a pending recession plays a much smaller role in considering investing then if you were nearing a traditional retirement age (50-60 years old?).

I have a repo from years ago and my credit length is still in the low category.

It is very difficult and lengthy to build credit as an entity.

If it is difficult, lengthy and expensive to evict a tenant then it will be more difficult to manage the tenant and the lease as well.

I was told the housing authority supervisor in our area transitioned and thus contributed to lengthy delay / backlog in addressing the needs of our home.  

I also don't have the time to do so in such length. I

But others can certainly be controlled with commercial products purchased at home or garden centers.This will be a bit lengthy, so bear with me.There are 2 types of spreaders in common use for granular products such as weed-n-feed: drop spreaders and rotary broadcast spreaders.