Being a bit of a car nut, you can imagine the scenario of the owner trying to reason with me that she was going to get back behind the wheel.

If you are making all of your decisions, and getting all of your info based on "what you read", you're going to go nuts...and probably broke.I guess my real answer is a definitive...maybe...with qualifications.

Seems to me like your fishing in a crowded lake....might want to move your boat to a different one so you won't automatically be the underdog.

So, yes, it could be a great deal without going nuts.

In a nut-shell, spend more time on the customers (and types of customers) that are making you the most money per hour.

Back when I was a young'n pumps quite similar to that were used on board the older boats in the fishing fleet as both bilge pumps (on smaller vessels) and to draw water from holding tanks.

and with all the nuts out there..

The first guy is going to borrow the boat today to take his 6 year old fishing. 

There is plenty of the fish in the sea :)

We would all love have the perfect investments where everything goes perfect all the time and we always make $$ every single month....making $$ is hard work for most of usIt can be hard work sometimes and a huge PITA....we ALL get kicked in the nuts from time to time but in the long run it works out for the best if you stick to the numbers on a long term basis....if the long term numbers don't work, then its time to dump that property and move to another.I can sympathize with you but on a much smaller scale....only own 3 units...... 2 move out at same time, one needs major bathroom remodels at about 7k....rent is kind of flat so don't think I can increase much for the next tenant and property values have not increased much so selling is not great either.... the other needs new floor and paint and misc to about 5k, but I can increase the rent about $250-300/month and its value is almost double of what I bought it at.....It will get better....