Learning from a shoe string budget will eventually teach you how to take proper risks in the future with out exposing your account too soon.  

Networking with many is the way to go, do not shoe horn yourself into believing one group is representative of how REI works, or how people network/sell, etc.  

@Dustin McGee I am also in the same shoes as you are in.

If I were in your shoes, I'd take a look at what 85k in cash could get you.

If it I were in your shoes I would get the problem tenant out as soon as possible, move into that unit and do a complete rehab of the last unit while you are living in it, and rent out the unit you are living in now to a good tenant at market rate.  

I would not finance the $70 as Rent, but I have Financed the Security deposit, its not the best situation, but if they have a clean background, and are just having a tough month with moving and all, maybe they will be good, its a roll of the dice,  i guess a good way to tell is their car and cloths, are they in new name brands and wearing $300 shoes, driving a new car but working as a cashier. or burger flipper?

Suddenly pairs of shoes worth $400 each allegedly stolen by your contractors.

Very competitive, but there are deals out there and I encourage you to keep plugging away at it and getting creative with marketing (this doesn't necessarily mean expensive-- just creative- put yourself in the sellers shoes).  

When you buy shoes, do they give you socks?

@quinton slay i was in your shoes at the beginning of this year.