Build a quality, tenant attracting property, build that cash flow, and then go rinse & repeat.

Keep your eye on the costs involved and while your at it check out the well and the water quality as you don't need any more surprises. 

These options or any others that take the bank out of the equation are really the only way you can avoid the most basic issue here -- that you don't currently make enough monthly income.If you're not up to speed on all the concepts I've mentioned, then Bill is correct about a second point... listen to the podcasts... all of them. 

I was impressed with the quality and, more importantly, the attitude of the articles.

Its about quality of life, and people are willing to pay a premium to live close to the job center.Rent growth is spectacular in the big cities.  

The quality of your service will determine the quality of the people you attract.

That said, you will likely not be able to attract the top quality tenants because those types of renters do not want to rent in 4 plex neighborhoods.

@Cody Stone from experience I did this to speed up my investing portfolio.

Craigslist ads are free (although I question the quality of those leads.)New investors have everything working against them:  You don't have the volume of leads, you are being ultra-conservative, you aren't analyzing correctly, you are negotiating correctly, etc.  

I was going full speed ahead to sell it, but then I thought why not continue renting it out, and get a line of credit and invest the proceeds into cash flow positive investments?