This spring I had additional french drains put in between us and the house that sits a tad higher on the slope of the street above us.

Sure it works to get your money out, but when you when try to rent the property out, you are sitting with vacancies, low quality applications, and if you try to sell you can't nearly get what the home appraised for. 

Sit down with a pen and paper and reflect on the beginning of this tenancy.

I think Navajo White and white goes well with renters tan carpet in some bedrooms in some rentals.I did A study mockup of  @Johann Jells beautiful bay window room in close to those colors.Windows like that to me seem very calming and serene, especially upstairs I like them (which was my motivation to re color the pic a little.And if you want you can picture me sitting in one of those chairs with a cup of coffee and a good book--because that is where I'd probably be.Good Luck!

Buildings are sitting vacant and offering free rent for even 2 months + to get people signed up.

Planning to treat the LLC as a partnership where I will sit as a GP and create another Blocker LLC Corp that will be treated as an LP.

You're sitting on a goldmine if you leverage it appropriately.

Did they just come on the market or have they been sitting - might have wiggle room on first offer being sent for both.

I used to sit at a desk, I much prefer the constant moving about and being outside, the work suits me. 

So job's report is near totally worthless now because you need the revisions to get to the actual real #'s, after fake BS one's had time to sit and cycle media 1st, which were all apparently ok with now.....