Consider the trends, including employment and neighborhood aging.Then, learn and understand everything about the neighbors.Then, if you still consider the property to be an investment opportunity that meets your personal/business established risk and workload vs. reward standards, explore the subject property and make a list of all repairs and improvements deemed necessary to bring the property to an above average in the neighborhood - above average to better ensure an enduring investment.

I have 8 months under my belt so far and have endured as much or more "setbacks" as I've ever seen in all my years of land-lording (lots of appliance replacements, A/C fixes, idiot guests that demand refunds due to crumbs in the toaster [no joke], and even the dreaded HOA Special Assessment.

In some cases friends are enduring the pain. 

A Southern California family was awarded $1.6 million after they endured a months-long bedbug infestation that left a young boy with scars all over his body.

I told him I was going to do the above and report the $10k in cash I paid him to the IRS so he can endure an audit.  

Thats relative, but what is true is tht you will have to endure a process.

I then look at the area of town to see what is the expected tenant class (which normally means the amount of headache you would have to endure) in addition to all the other expenses. 

She was fortunate to be stock broker for Dean Witter, made enough to pay the mortgage off in 4 years.Having considered it, we house hunted ourselves in Philly for a while, it's a choice of getting and keeping a good paying job, maintain a career path and live in a dump, or have the same good paying job, and living somewhere you rather be but enduring a long commute.

I finally get him out without having to endure the entire eviction process.......

As @james wise mentioned, Ohio you have to sit in a brick and mortar location, and endure long drug out sessions to get the required hours in.