Lots of opportunity to do well here! 

If income is tight you can buy your primary home first and use a DSCR loan program secondly to buy an investment rental because DSCR "Does Not" use income or tax returns instead it uses the properties rents to qualify.Best thing to do is talk to the Bank so that we can run the numbers up front so you know Max loan amount for primary.

I'm an educator, a personal caocher and business advisor and since my kids has grown up 10 years ago I started doing real estae in Israel, where I live.A few years ago we went into some 3rd party investments in the USA, as part of an LLC group of investors- one in Manhattan and one in Atlanta.Based on the experince I have with those market (as well as Newtom MA, where I lived for 3 years) I lately decided to choose Milwaukee as my next market, focusing at the moment on single family houses.I'm looking into 3/2 single familiy houses to buy and will be happy to work with local agents and build a team.

or just ride it out and do our best to keep tenants happy, and worry about it for next time...?

BTW how many do you have there ? 

Look up mortgage brokers in your area and do the same thing.

Connecting with other investors can lead to potential deals and partnerships.Use Real Estate Websites: Check out sites like Zillow, Realtor.com, and Redfin to find properties that are priced lower than usual or have been sitting on the market for a while.

I know most PMs already have go-to contractors for most things but I also know from experience that good contractors tend to get busy or scale to a point where quality suffers.For the professional property managers of the world, how often do you get solicited by new vendors and what can a new one do to convince you to give them a chance?

If you are in the area swing by my office 1035 Oakhaven Rd. 38119.We do lending for fix and flips.

Please do your due diligence in determining what company you use.