I'm not lazy or anything but I'm tired of working jobs that don't pay enough to properly support me or my dreams.

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Real estate is VERY slow to react and will take a minimum of a year before we see how the Presidents economic policies affect us.

I actually had some solid advice for you until I saw your reply to @Kevin SobiloThe post is impossible to provide proper advice.  

It's a credit score. the best way to build credit is to have credit, use it liberally and use it properly.

It sounds like your current "strategy" is to react when bad things happen. 

The time it takes for the draws from tenants and then the ACH transfer to you leaves you getting pain on the 7th or 8th of the month, the $1 ACH transfer fee is an annoyance that has drawn some complaints that are as petty as the fee feels, the new tenant application features are sub-par, and I'm not sure how well it properly informs tenants of the additional charge for credit cards as I got panicked texts about the added fee from a tenant already going through some hardship.

I'm a project manager by career, so I know with proper preparation, anything can be successful.  

Trying to figure out the proper, best, and alternative routes to making meaningful relationships and wondering what the most effective means is to developing leads that may come along in the probate process. 

Working with someone with proper knowledge about the market you're looking in is imperative for this.