The suburbs seem much more landlord friendly and averse to accepting any of the undesirable spillover from the city's policies. 

Here is the situation:  Market rents, if the units are in good condition with relatively new finishes is $1300, except there is some illegal dumping in an empty lot across the street that makes the block undesirable for people paying the highest market rents (that's another story . . . )  The two units are in different condition; one just needs some minor repairs (a family of 3 people who keep the place clean, and the dad has previously done maintenance as a job, and English is the family's second language), but the other needs a new kitchen and bathroom (a family of 5 with a dog, where no one is handy).  

That is half a year that is undesired from my perspective.  

I currently work at ExxonMobil for Jacobs engineering, but I used to work the emergency service system for years and can tell you just about anything you would want to know about the undesirable areas.

Bienes --Didn't you post on another thread about undesirable neighbors?

This usually weeds out the undesirables and I've found that those that do have some issues in their background/credit will be upfront with you so you're not surprised when the check comes back a certain way.

Now I don't know if or when the filter gets changed.Going there myself every 2 months is possible, but is probably undesirable for her and I.

Get prepare to evict a undesirable tenant.  

@Troy Copeland... while I am sure it is popular and there is demand, don't you think the ordinances and neighbor complaints make it difficult and undesirable in most cities like this and I guess the chance that the ordinance changes to be more restrictive make it risky?

This house was on MLS, but undesirable because it is zoned commercial/mixed use and can't get financed with less than 25% down.