Folks at the bowling alley thought we were poor.Wrote a check for 160k (all saved) to buy a bigger house for the family twenty years ago. 

We have gone from decades of roaring economy, but now its softening.

Fort Bliss, one of the largest Army bases in the country.Sizable Student MarketThe University of Texas at El Paso is one of largest colleges in the state, there are over twenty thousand students at UTEPHigh Demand for Affordable RentalsThe median household income for the US is roughly $55,000.

Do yourself a favor and take those 2 locations off of your list.I've lived in California, Tucson, Flagstaff, Florida and for the last twenty years in Mississippi.

I live in DMV Maryland side and have twenty doors in Ohio.

Will it be viable for the next twenty years?

I spent the last twenty years in the service.

First, I would like to preface my response in saying I commend you for having this discussion with yourself, and others, in your twenties. 

He approached them in a non-aggressive way and told him about a problem he was having with people throwing rocks at his house and offered them each twenty dollars to look out for and essentially protect his house.

But still, I'm getting it done, much more than I could have imagined some twenty ago before my first property rehab.Newbies, WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY.