Do they own their own rental income-producing properties and understand your perspective firsthand?

I'm not happy with the income it produces and this is a way to move up to a higher class of property. 

I'm looking for properties that may be in less desirable or up and coming neighborhoods that have some risk but produce solid returns.

Hi, I'm just starting out and I'm trying to find out if websites like these actually produce results.  

Prior to leaving that career, you held a federal position for a year as a construction manager on projects ranging from a few hundred thousand up to $17-Million-dollar military construction projects.All during this time, you advanced your skills with CAD software that now allows you to produce high-quality drawings consistently and accurately, culminating from your experience of 30 years in the residential design and construction industry.

BUT I still own 50 other income producing assets with high(ish) equity.

property is worth 100k and rental income is 1k. does that mean that two units are producing $500 each?

I wouldn't eliminate an income producing rental unit until I knew for sure.

As my military commitment has yet to be for filled, one of my short term goals is to purchase enough properties that produces horizontal income that will replace my vertical income [BP podcast 190]. and get a jump start on my life after retirement.  

While the plant grows, you take great care to water and weed so the plant will do its best.Suppose that one plant only produced one ear of corn.