In 2008 I had to sell my primary at a loss and had no other assets and after saving $, building both sweat equity and appreciation, our real estate portfolio is well into 7 figures.

I used FHA and the seller had no problem.

We did the foreclosure of right to redeem, and a full quiet title action (since I handle quiet title cases for my investor clients, I had no costs on this), and then sold the lot to the grocery store for $30k.  

They had no privacy because the properties were very well known to the community, regardless of what entity owned and managed them. 

The city had no regulations again Airbnb/STR.   

You may take a drive of the area to check on property and pass an armoured swat van a few blocks away, I have in the area. 

While I was hoping to spend between $120K - $160K, it was important for me to buy a property that was move-in ready since I had no experience with home renovation.

I've worked with Peter Hughes there and have had no issues.

My grandparents farm came up for sale I had no interest because its didn't cash flow and I didn't think it could appreciate enough in short term.

If you have been prudent in screening and had no evictions as part of your acceptance criteria, then the threat of pursuing eviction can be enough to get your tenant to actually pay the last month of rent when due so that the security deposit is retained to cover damages.I also follow the practice of an initial lease of other than 12 months in order to have leases end in months where it is preferable to find tenants.