I think your PITI estimate in both cases is low.  

Because so much real estate in the US or Canada wouldn't be profitable without ultra low interest rate (as many investors are discovering lately), we are obsessed with getting cheap financing.

If you paid over $375k MAYBE you could keep it because the taxes saved are so low.

These two demographics are projected to be long term renters which will help keep vacancy rates low for years to come.In recent years, Pittsburgh has become a tech hub in its own right, attempting to create a dynamic job market similar to Silicon Valley.

AI costs $.02 per property analyzed - so narrowing down in step 2 is there to keep the cost low and the list targeted.

If you intend on putting in 50 low ball offers a month, make sure your Realtor knows and is ok with that amount of legwork (because it's a lot).

An eviction will make it challenging for her ever to find a quality rental in low vacancy areas.  

I feel I'm on the low end, but my COC return a year later is roughly 14%.

when I first started lending in Detroit in 2002.. the rehabbers there would paint the copper in the basements with grey paint in the low light theives would think its galvanized and not take it.

If after interest rates spiked a buyer waited for them to drop back to 7%, they would have waited 21 years til 1993 for them to get that low again.Hope he isn't holding his breath.