Additionally, online rent collection is key, as are the added benefits of things like being able to report a tenant's on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus to help them boost their credit score (added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time). 

@Mark Gliebe Great post, I have lived in Northeastern PA, Western PA (western is more midwest mentality), Denver, and South Carolina / GA.

I also do not believe there are many more levers I can pull in order to boost cash flow, so a 1031 exchange into a market that has room to grow and has cash flowing opportunities might be my best bet!

If you have other assets, mentally convert them into cash and add them to the pile to get your dream portfolio. 

LOLI had my crew leader take the earn home and put it on his mental. 

They're small town mentality is great, but you get a lot of the features and rates of a larger institution.

Going to walk on principle and hope the industry trends get the best of the old school mentality and his overpaid position will go away.

You cannot ask why they need the animal, but you can ask for a letter from a qualified mental health care professional stating they need that specific animal. 

Use squirrly and text tools to optimize on page, do quality no follow commenting links on disqus and gravatar with your domain email to set yourself up with Google immunity and then after FB promoting those links built out strong links to boost those pages up in the search results.

Find a hard money lender, buy a deal all cash that needs work or that you can buy for way below market value and boost rents.