He has a history of barely rehabbing his units and providing band-aid fixes when things break. 

I also called near by compatible for rent signs, I was about $150 higher than the closest property for rent which did concern me a little, but I had a flood of calls and rented very fast.  

You could even find out how far it is to the closest point the free Google or Yahoo, etc., buses will pick up workers and include that in your ads.BTW, I used to manage a 26 unit building in Santa Clara - retired November 2013, so I'm pretty familiar with that market.

For instance where I live, the closest Craigslist section is for Eureka, which is an hour and a half away. 

Its not worth the risk to me, tenants that require eviction often have Legal Aid on speed dial.

The closest I've come to doing this, is I improved a lot by putting in a driveway, fence, septic and well. 

Sometimes the closest one brings out his big screen tv and they all hang out around the pit and watch a game or talk to each other. 

I may ruffle a few feather with this blunt statement but get rid of them.Getting them out now is cheaper than spending $5,000 on legal aid and attorney fees six months from now when their water goes wrongs again.

I don't think, until you've had about 50 or so of your closest friends and family members rain on your REI parade, you can really call yourself and investor.  

I also created one that showed what his income would be for each apartment if they were at market rent, date they moved in, amount of their security deposit, and notes which would include any issues or their expected move-out date, if they had a balance due - when payment was expected (some students relied on financial aid and it would be late occasionally).