I do open house style showings and invite everyone to come over at the same time.

If your objective is cash flow, I would strongly encourage you to look at markets that not only cash flow well but have a good combination of cash flow and economic/demographic trends.

Each unit is 1 bed/1 bath approx 1000 sq foot and shotgun style units.

Hartford is known for its attractive architectural styles and being the Insurance capital of the United States.Percentage of mortgages underwater: 22.4 percentMedian home value: $130,900Hartford not only has a high homeowner vacancy rate at 4.3 percent, which is two and half times the U.S. average, it also has a delinqency rate triple the national average rate.6.

You will need to get a second part time job and modify your life style.

When I look at the next 5 years I don't see how we are still in an upward trend. 

The job market is stable and with all of the wine tourism and influx of people we are seeing an up trend in our job numbers not huge (as our town's population isn't big) but good for a small town. 

Hoping to hear from others on a few of my options for the partially updated unit (radiator heat was replaced by ductless AC and new stainless fridge+stove/oven).A few improvement ideas in mind:- Add a dishwasher (requires replacing older, painted cabinets)- Replace existing granite kitchen countertop (cheaply installed w/ misaligned seams and rough cuts, traditional in style clashes with rest of home)- Plumb in-unit laundry hookups (requires sacrificing kitchen pantry closet.

Where you need to be careful is if your market is tied to some microeconomics trend that would cause downward pressure on housing prices, like one industry or employer town where that employer or industry is shrinking and demand for housing is decreasing.

With the average rent being listed as $888 for the city of Lubbock, that leads me to believe that the "decrease" on paper is due to the large influx of student properties having rent listed by the bed as opposed to by the unit which is very common with the large resort-style properties.