investing in C neighborhoods

[Jason Malabute]

I'm looking into the following C neighborhoods in Indianapolis: Speedway, Emerson Heights, and Beech Grove. When you are buying in a C neighborhood what are you looking for? Obviously, in a C neighborhoods the schools aren't the best, but how bad of a school can you consider? Also in a C neighborhood crime can be a little higher . If you are lookin at Trulia crime maps your property in a C Neighborhood can be in a darker shade of blue. How much crime can you tolerate in C neighborhood? Obviously stay away from areas with a lot of violent crimes, but how dark shade of blue on Trulia heat maps can you tolerate when investing in C neighborhoods ?

[Anthony Dooley]

@Jason Malabute this is a common misconception. You are correlating a person's character with their socioeconomic status. Just because a person lives on a low income and cannot afford to pay higher rent does not make them bad people or lower "quality" tenants. I have evicted tenants and had trashed property in B, C, and D neighborhoods. I don't buy A because it doesn't cash flow.