You have to customize the strategy for where you live; if your area can support higher rents, and you have certain fixed costs like taxes and insurance that only move incrementally, you might need to buy more expensive houses. 

That certainly accelerated my growth rapidly .

What advice can you give for someone who would like to see more rapid growth in 2017?

Among the changes I'm making:Pulling up old grey w2w carpeting and refinishing the wood floors underneathPulling up vinyl flooring in kitchens and bath, replacing the completely rotted out sub-flooring underneath, and replacing with tileNew Wolf base-level (but solid wood) kitchen cabinetry, sink/fixtures, and quartz countertopsMany miscellaneous repairs to moldy/rotted walls in the baths.My hope is to realize an incremental annual premium equal to 15-20% return on my invested capital.Am I on a fool's errand?  

If the situation is anything other than her mom being in the hospital, I would move aggressively and rapidly with legal proceedings starting with the 5-day notice.

So Im at the point where Im trying to scale out of my small business and Im building my property portfolio rapidly, I've bought all 7 income properties in the last 24 months.

The landscape is changing and changing rapidly.

The city is investing in upgrading neighboorhoods so areas that were "Scarry" are rapidly changing.

So long as I a complying with any applicable laws, I am not interested in section 8, rapid rehousing or any other government/charity programs for this property.

That policy will provide additional coverage (usually sold in increments of $1,000,000) that is triggered if the limits of underlying Personal Auto, Home, and/or Dwelling Fire policy are exhausted.