Most of these 12+ cabins bring in $150K to $300K+ a year so while it sucks to shell out $20K to $35K it shouldn't hurt as bad as if it were the cabins bringing in $30K-$80K a year.

Things have gone from bad to worse.  

Sort of same situation but the home was not in that bad of shape. 

To dismiss it is every bit is as bad.

You leave and you put your home up for rent with a realtor (smart move) or on your own (bad move).

Scranton seemed to slightly cash flow but the rent in those other areas did not seem to support the investment.Thank you Robert for your information, it's nice to hear that you didn't had a bad experience with Scranton.

It is typical for them to be bad.

Also, for every good deal, there could be bad deals others will try to spring on me due to my disadvantageTo that end I have been considering two paths:A.

The website 51west.properties also scores low on scam advisor ("owner is using a service to hide their identity, high number of suspicious websites on the server, registrar has a high % of spammers and fraud sites, website is (very) young, website appears to be hosted by a company with a bad reputation", all according to https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/51west.properties...)Trust your instincts. 

Reputation and referrals matter.I invest out of state, and I’ve been burned by bad contractors before—it’s a fast way to lose money.