Both of which treated us and our guests as promised, and in-keeping with the same policies we held with Evolve. 8)Both VRBO and Airbnb have always held quality of experience and safety FIRST, however Evolve "pimpish" practices are simple out for the quick and easy buck despite putting owners, their properties and, respectful guests at risk.9) With Evolve all you get is shoddy, wide net marketing without any vetting.

Brendan,In banking terms you might be "Risked out" meaning too many mortgages which equal "Excessive Tradelines" and those two things equal high risk.

It has not been well maintained over the last 19 years with a string of just bad renters and the person I had managing it just didn't do good quality repairs or work to it. 

Not all of them were good quality leads but we only need one qualified tenant.This morning I got ready to reply to the 5 leads we had overnight and the message failed to send, only to find that we have been "banned" from FB Marketplace with no reason given.

First I start in LA but then can't find anything that makes sense as its highly competitive strong tenant rental control rights, etc.

DC is one of the lowest cap rates in the country.If you have a long time horizon, and have patience, with the areas strong rent growth you can end up with more cash flow here than a high cap rate market.

Strategic Location: Ellenwood is a growing market with high demand for renovated properties.

Some criteria to consider when evaluating a market are:- school districts-crime rate- job/population growth  If the crime is low, schools are reputable, and job/population growth are steady/high, chances are you are looking in the right markets. 

@Eli Joffe the most general but applicable advice in your situation is to start focusing on high cash-flow properties with low equity growth potential in the beginning in order to have the cash to boot strap.Once you have a few properties under your belt, then start phasing in nicer homes which tend to be lower cash-flow with higher equity growth potentialThe former helps you boot-strap using more labor and the latter helps build wealth more passively and with less tenant struggles.

Have had it happen in personal houses before, it was usually due to humidity in cities with high, high humidity.