If this was to go on for more than a year I would look at what I was doing wrong, rents to low, maintenance costs to high, Utilities to high for age of mechanical, or property taxes to high, or insurance to high.

I graduated from Western Michigan as a mechanical engineer in December 2013.

The mechanisms for cutting off your water or power are automated by the utilities that provide them so why couldn't you have a system that could handle a good portion of automating dunning letters, filing notices, etc?  

(Landlording on Auto-Pilot)Try to find an investment where you are living for "free".

Newer mechanicals.

Another book in the same vein but perhaps more modern is Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter He has a second book which I'd like to read as well.

I think they have a word scan that sees certain words like free and auto-deletes them. 

The property needs significant remodeling done ( flooring refinished, walls and ceilings patched/painted ( upstairs), drop ceiling removed and rewiring downstairs, some windows added, 2 small roofs redone in back, new bath and kitchen fixtures/cabinets( x2) and a few walls moved/removed depending on design) but the separately-metered mechanicals and main roof are newer and in good shape.

mechanics, truck drivers, construction worker, etc etc...       

For example, if you use an auto loan to buy a car, the loan interest on the auto loan is a personal expense and is not deductible.