This usually only causes maintenance trouble down the line because the paint traps water up against the brick.Also, landscaping trim up the bushes, maybe some plantings along the bottom of the buildings.Lastly, what about a low white fence in front of the grass extending from each building to the center walkway.

My goal would be to plant a seed in peoples' minds that "Hey, my neighbor needs to get rid of his property...I'll give him Brock's info!" 

@Michael Plante that’s awesome!

Yep, water spins the opposite way; I legitimately had a (semi)domesticated kangaroo that lived in my front yard growing up; and yes, even our plants try and kill you. 

., equipment, plants, etc. 

The problem with the Northern Neck is that there isn't much work outside of the Sheriff's Department, farming and the Omega fish oil plant in Reedville.

At the end of the day it’s all about you - how resilient you are, what your willing to do to succeed, to acquire the next unit, how risky (or not) etc. just go out there and get it!

I work in a tire manufacturer plant and was saving up, working tons of overtime, all to invest.But after projecting forward it was going to take a very long time for me to get enough money saved up to invest in anything outside of lower end stuff (I don't want lower end properties and headaches that comes with it)So I changed my thinking into how can I make more faster.

My portfolio and the way I have structured it are resilient.

This is why Memphis is such a dead dead dead market along with so many other rust belt zero job growth cities.Learn how to sniff out where employers are moving, opening up new plants, divisions, hiring, then buy rentals in the path of that progress.