I flew out to Milwaukee last year and it was ok, but that nagging voice keeps telling me not to only chase cashflow and invest in areas that have a brighter economic future, lower taxes that attract businesses, and landlord friendly tenant laws.

This strikes me as very good advice from a voice of experience. 

Tone of your voice, choice of words will determine if the person on the other end of the phone will want to have more than 30 seconds of conversation with you.

Conditions today, both with regard to college academic rigor and the labor market, are much different than they were 40 years ago." "...you’re not rewarded for credentials, but for capabilities.College used to look like a good “investment” because earning a degree usually entailed at least some serious work and having done it set the individual apart.

Or, less academically, the person you’re becoming at 18 is a better predictor of your future success than the school you graduate from at 22.

In hindsight I should have performed inspections independent of the housing authority and listened to the voice in my head that said he needed to go about a year ago... but I didnt act on it because the money was coming in regularly and why rock the boat (lesson learned).I hope everyone is having a good weekend and James I hope you learn to view your fellow man with respect... and to maybe vet tenants better and do inspections.

Some people are looking for a furnished space for academic studies - very common if you're near a University.

The ‘need’ to be right from the loud voices is a dopamine fix too.

But then I had to read the academic paper it was based on for one of my corporate strategy classes and it came alive.

We use a Google voice number so if it ever got ugly with a tenant they don’t permanently have our personal phone numbers.