Buy quality assets to reduce the headaches.You will find a lot of information in the following; Detailed Map of Cleveland Neighborhoods

It doesn't always work because some tenants break leases or I pick up new rentals.What I am doing right now is limiting all leases to six months at a reduced rate.

The main furnace gave up the ghost and had to be replaced A tenant turnover/rehab  that was trashed and cost over 1500 to be rentable My w2 work slowed drastically which reduced our hours My insurance company canceled me siting a leaning foundation on my apartment This was during Holidays that required gifts $  for everyone I had a deferred down payment that came due of several thousand dollars I had to pay It all worked out but thank God I got through that period . you must press on even if you see no light at the end of the tunnel 

Any distribution will reduce the Due to Personal.

With an electric bill, about $20 is just for having the service but your actual bill may be $5.ISSUE - if one tenant gets their lights cut off for non payment, one light will be out until the bill is paid.OR, run all the common lights to the first floor unit and reduce the rent by $10 a month. 

If not, what other strategies are available to reduce my active income? 

You need to understand they have models that can predict the risk down to zipcode/census tract. they need to reduce their loses with risky areas that have high property crime rates.

We have been able to get price reduced for all these issues, but risk out weighs the benefit.

You are right most leveraged ETFs have daily rebalances to maintain equal leverage over the intended investment time-frame, but that doesn't really have any effect on what the value of the ETF is, it's simply adding exposure (or debt) when NAV increases and reducing exposure when it decreases.

And yes, you can engage an attorney to petition the court thereby reducing the second 3 yr period.