Give the tenants deposit slips and they can deposit the rent at the bank where you don't have to worry about receipts, robberies, or whiny tenants giving you a laundry list of maintenance issues.If you do continue receiving at your office, I recommend a security camera.As a business owner, I would probably file a report with the police and notify the tenant I will not be renewing her lease.

If I believe they have taken steps to improve their situation, and I am comfortable they will continue to do so, I will often request something to mitigate my risk and move forward anyway. 

Following this "Rule", you will never need any more money from other sources, since you will continuously be supplying your own...at will.Use your seed money, spend your profits...after, you've reinvested your initial profits to expand the original seed money. 

I have a graphic designer wife and also spent a lot of time and effort branding my previous service business looking for a singular design and style across all media.

Going forward I am very confident of continued rent appreciation for at least the next few years.Low price markets are low price because historically their appreciation has been poor. 

My advice is to continue listening to the podcasts, check out BP's library, and go to your local meetup.

I'm continuing to D4D in my farm area and one vacant property was foreclosed by one of the local credit unions about 4 months ago. 

You’ve got some great options to choose from, cheaper prices, increasing rents, and continuing appreciation potential. 

Continuing down this road will lead to nothing. 

If you get great deals on the property you buy, you do a cash out refi and pay off your heloc right after closing and continue that cycle over and over indefinitely.