I believe the Trump tax cuts and new health care plan will free up a lot of cash for a lot of people and boost employment.  

Moral of this story is don't buy real estate off a webinar.

(Providing that its moral and within the law, of course :). )

I think your plan of mailings and advertising will boost you in the right direction.

If you keep looking, chances are you will find homes that check off more boxes that tenants are looking for, increasing your net income.In my area, views and convenience are big factors, boosting the rent tenants are willing to pay.

But there are enough kernels I am going to try and track down what the process is.http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/050814/use-paying-rent-boost-your-credit-score.asp

I decided to rent to them anyways - not because they invoked the morality of their religion or because I believed that their religion would keep them honest - but because one of them was also trying to leave a destructive relationship and I'm a total sucker for that kind of thing (having been in one myself at one point in my life).When they missed the next month's rent payment, there was no mention of their religion then.  

But allowing more workers to split between home and office will totally boost morale. 

It was near the holidays, and I wanted to remodel the building and morally couldn't evict the tenants during that time, so offered a "large" cash-for-keys if they moved out before Dec 1, less if by Jan 1, and even less if by Feb 1.

@cindy Truong   for your questions: MNR vicinity is good but all of Poughkeepsie is getting a boost right now so there’s opportunity all over (don’t get me wrong though, there are still some really bad areas you should steer clear of).