I am such a newbie and definitely humbled by all the great information/food for thought you all provide.

For instance housing may be double another market, but food wont be double etc.

I am currently looking to diversify my income stream and am looking at certain retail and fast food buildings for sale in my area.

I used to provide elaborate food but my area was $500-900k houses.

Low crime area, within a couple of miles of anything you would need (shopping, restaurants, fast food,  etc...),  Close to a park and several schools.

Honestly 7 months ago I went to my first food bank because even with government assistance I could not feed my children...I honestly was sick to death... having three degrees and no drive to do better for me and my children...I was stuck...until somehow i began to watch you tube videos over and over ,day in and day out...I did this for for 6 months...Thats all i did. until finally I said I can only watch so much ...I have to do it...I put $17 in my gas tank(all I had, I did this instead of eat three times a week) and drove to a meet up in Charlotte.

Wondering if it would make more sense to sell this house and buy one where he numbers work better.Just food for thought, good luck!

My two year goal is to own enough properties where my cash flow is equal to or greater than my take home monthly pay.I love food, music, dance and world travel.  

Do you have enough cash reserves to keep food on the table if your wife and you don't have any business for the next few months?

The further up the food chain you go, the greater the risk of the scenario you outlined - that your mortgage, relative to all other mortgages in the pool of rental investment, is higher, leaving you less able to cut prices in the case of oversupply.