I went to every one of the 65 hearings myself and got 61 properties lower and 4 remaining the same. 

You can have a lower sales price home built in 2005 that could give you more problems than a more expensive home built in the late 1800's.

The market does offer lower priced investment opportunities and higher cashflow returns, with ongoing revitalization projects like the DORA boosting appreciation potential.

The HUD guidelines suggest a certain rent amount, but after inspections, the figure came back significantly lower than expected.Additionally, do you have any general tips for working within the bureaucracy of the Section 8 program?

If you pay two years' worth of property taxes in 2025 (January and December), both payments are deductible on your 2025 return, potentially reducing your taxable rental income significantly.

The lower barrier to entry would be excellent for my personally smaller net worth.

I gained equity in the property, and I got higher rents which lowered my living expenses while living there.

The entry price is too high.The trick is to get the second acquisition at a lower entry, so you can rehab and refinance 100% entry costs out.

LTRs with long term conventional financing and standard management aren't really cash flowing anywhere right now. sure, there are lower cost markets that look better on paper, but there are costs associated with those supposedly cheap markets as well - deferred maintenance, more challenging tenant base, higher cost turnovers as a percentage of the rent.2. i wouldn't pick a random market thousands of miles away based solely on statistics or numbers. 

For a tenant who has only lived there for a year, the expectations for normal wear and tear are lower.