The main thing that pops out at me every month is that less than half of my payment goes to paying the principle down, over half goes to the interest, taxes, and insurance, ect. 

I have seen Pace pop up on You Tube seemingly like he wants inexperienced people.

They attract artists, creatives, and people who appreciate a vibrant urban lifestyle.Real Estate Appreciation (Historically): @Dan H. points this out with his bathroom addition.

I would focus my attentions here and try to stay local (within a 4 hour drive) as the POH rentals require more engagement.Financing is a tough deal... but sometimes you can find those Mom and Pop operations with quite a few POH rentals that will work with seller financing on a reasonable interest rate with a balloon within 5-7 years. 

Then more issues started to pop up over time. 

I'd expect these to pop up along the route.

This is why the moment I hear a hungry-realtor saying how they want to get out there and get with a client like yourself because there going to make "oh so much commissions" or that an agent works with "all investor buyers" I just giggle and walk-on, because that's just a declaration of ignorance and inexperience. 100%, what your doing as an active value-shopping investor, going for small-"pop" properties, it either (a) isn't worth an agents time because it simply does not pay enough for the work involved or (b) the agent is too green to know this and than, since they are so green, there no-good at it anyways. 

@Keith DowdyI see your name pop up in every Beech Mountain post for the last couple years.

Are there any other markets that really pop and stand out for cash-flow and easy entrance? 

The behavior is a bit off, but not surprising for a mom & pop landlord.We tell our residents exactly what we need from them for the application.