I did not screen my tenants properly, rented to this guy who appeared to be a Saint, I got a sense of a great human being, but what came behind him was the total opposite.

You don’t renovate to an “A” house in a “C” neighbourhood and you don’t do the opposite either.

Here it's just the opposite. 

If ever audited it's always better to haveit and not need it vs. the opposite. 

Here is a treatment for you and this will sound opposite to what everyone else is telling you here: what you are experience is burnout, seeing so many success stories around you (I call them toxic motivational stories) but they aren't you discourages you. 

I think it's exactly the opposite.

Originally posted by @Joe Bruck:'In a nutshell' A class neighborhood is negative cashflow  & positive appreciation, C class is the opposite It depends on what price you buy at.

Are you okay with overnight guests of the opposite gender?

I would argue the exact opposite.

I was actually thinking the opposite...keeping communications to emails (unless I have a PM), to cover myself.