On day one I took a garden sprayer and mixed a heavy concentration of commercial bleach and water.

If you want to build a getto, use the market to force low income people into a smaller highly concentrated geographic area.

If you have more properties in a concentrated area, you can have more influence.  

I highly suggest sitting down and concentrating and writing down in a journal - some pat answers you can pull out of your hat.Until you get really good at it, this is your automatic response from now own:1) "I'll have to get back to you on that."  

It’s for this reason that I constantly instruct my readers to concentrate their main efforts on fixing what shows.

I told her that more then likely is not possible for our market and that we need to concentrate on which side of town we will invest in to get the best return. 

just guessing but it sounds like normal C class activity throughout the US frankly.. older properties that need cap ex.. tough weather environment.. renters that are income challenged . etc etc.Contrary to others I would concentrate on paying one off at a time.. the best way to run C and D class is to have them paid off as soon as possible, you have a good job your young.. if you can get these paid off that would be a goal... or just sell them all and recalibrate into a better ( nicer asset class) that is not so maintenance heavy and better renter class).I also don't think most people after a few years really know how much or how little they make on their rentals..

Regardless of the military aspect, I suggest you investigate low income landlording and deciding if that is a direction you want to go, or concentrate on better neighborhoods.

It's been my experience that I would rather have sellers chasing me, rather than me chasing them.I know you have all heard it before, but concentrate your efforts online. 

Having said that I'm concentrating on the positives of retirement....more time to learn and invest and do it right the next time, more time to catch up on projects at the home front, more family time for sure and of course much more play time.