The tenant will have a good paying job and wages for you to garnish should they not pay.

The other 8 properties I own are all about cash-flow and as a good W-2 income earner I thought I could risk this as part of my portfolio, but I think from now on I will stick to the fundamentals - single-family homes in B areas that cash flow well.

Republicans gave a 1.7 trillion dollar tax cut to upper income earners and corporations in 2017. 

You should be able to add in your rental income (Schedule E) in addition with your W2 wage to increase that.

The eyeball test alone should tell you that when you jam over 1,000 jobs into a little rental town like that then pay those workers wages that are in line with them being renters of the housing stock in that area the demand is gonna go up there as opposed to other areas. 

What has job and wage growth been, what are they forecasted to be?

Here’s a brief general overview of my situation:High income W-2 earner.  

I should also mention that my job pays just above minimum wage, and I do not plan on being there in a year regardless. 

While the wages for service jobs are not much higher.

All this together with exponential growth of US credit market debt, at all time highs, with rising Inflation and stagnating wages, will ultimately lead to a depression.If you want to discuss more about it, I will be glad to discuss it in this forum!