Your investments are typically far more concentrated in a single city.  

Our criteria for the broker we hired:Active investors themselvesUnfettered access to the MLS;  will run detailed analysis to support our offersAccess to network of inspectors, legal support, GCs; off market deals; Access to residential & commercial dealsJust plain easy to work w/.We chose a husband/wife team;  the husband concentrates on the hard numbers & finding the deals;  while the wife has the soft skills to sell on the back end.  

Also the rental to owner occupancy rate....but some of Philadelphia's best known investors concentration condos. 

What I mean is if you decided to concentrate on a Tampa duplex but while searching a good deal falls into your lap but it happens to be in St.

My accountant said to just concentrate on 2015 entries for now and I can always go back and do 2014 for report and comparisons.

This is marketing that works today, but still, concentrate on what will work months down the road. 

Concentrate on the money they owe you.Probably need to get on with the eviction process asap.

The amount of wholesalers that start out with zero and work their way up has to be less than 1% by far.So concentrate on getting some money and some credit and you will be able to make good investments, with neither you have to take any investment and you will lose out most times.Just my 2 cents and good luck in whatever you decide to do. 

I quit making loans and selling RE and concentrated on this niche for 9 years and got pretty cashed up... it was great we worked hard for 6 months then basically took 6 months off my partner went to Hawaii and I stay in the Napa valley.Now Redwood that's a whole nother kettle of fish I have seen old growth Redwood stands have  2 and 3 million board feet on 10 acres... its incredible really..

If it's more of a row house, you have a lot less yard to work with, so I would concentrate on simply making sure the yard is need and clean, then focus your energies on the front porch and front of the house.A few must do's for selling or trying to get the highest rent...Power wash the porch, front of the house (unless you have repainted) and sidewalk.