But based on my ancient memory of the greater SD area, I cannot imagine that you are pulling any tech job related tenants or even military out of Miramar. 

The only septic system I've replaced was ancient (the tank was made out of bricks) and that was pretty inexpensive considering...

Makes no sense to look at ancient days when trying to analyze a modern-day housing crisis. 

The owners usually slam crappy tenants in and then claim the property is stable after 1 year etc. with minimal repairs and the expensive stuff to replace is ancient.

@Roy N.Sometimes insulating ancient brick buildings is very impractical.

And with the exception of the ancient but functional furnace in the main house, I don't see much reason to put off repairs- so I wouldn't lose much to go ahead and do a full rehab all at once, and have a better property from the word go. 

I guess it doesn’t help that I live in a very remote area with ancient, crappy homes.

Here is the problem with having a park full of these ancient homes even if they are privately owned.

It's amazing how much of our legal system still uses that ancient language.

:@Tanner MarseyNot a big fan of the supposed Ancient Greek concept of "everything in moderation" or <<Παν μέτρον άριστον>>, which doesn't actually MEAN "everything in moderation."