Is North County St. Louis, Missouri a nice neighborhood?

[Sarah Black]

So I am looking into buying a few rentals in North County St. Louis, but I live out of state. Being that I don't live near St. Louis, I am not sure what areas are "good" or "bad" neighborhood wise. I was wondering if anyone on BP could give me some information on what the North County St. Louis area is like? Right now I've found a package offer of 3 rentals, currently occupied at $800 a month each, for $124,910. 

[Kyle Eckert]

Florissant, Hazelwood, and Bridgeton are all places I have been to or have family in.  I flind the trulia crime heat map useful for finding this type of info.  Also the STL Post Dispatch has a homicide map which is also good for getting a feel for how shooty a neighborhood is.

A demographic map would also come in handy but may be out of date as that data is usually compiled every decade and STL is changing fairly rapidly in places.