My properties are in PA as well SFH and 2FH, rents vary 425 - SFH - 450 lower level and 550 upper level of 2 family. the SFH has a washer and dryer that is free for the tenants ( put it in when my daughter went there ) and the 2 family has 2 stacked washer dryer units, coin operated, with a coin machine next to them. both properties i pay heat, water, sewer, trash and internet, tenants pay for electric / also includes hot water because hot water heaters are electric. ( 2 family has 2 heaters, make sure you separate them.

I recently sold a livable fixer-upper and my buyer was an owner-occupant, that had repeatedly struck out against cash buyers. 

I am not relying on the seller to do the leg work.

Nicer upper midrange homes are in the $200,000 - $300,000 range.

I just saw a 4-unit on Comfort street that seemed interesting.I looked a lot near park Ave (so upper Monroe/East Ave), and there are a lot of options there.

@Lisa Hill,  I suggest you plug "Note Flipping" and/or "Jerry Norton" into the search window (upper right ) and there are several threads which address this question.

Thanks @Randall Williams for the shout out- maybe we can all get coffee when you've got your land legs back.

Looks good on the outside but inside it's a MAJOR fixer-upper; slanted floors, former tenants evicted and likely trashed the place before they left (it's disgusting).

I'll occupy the lower, do some work on the upper, and then get it rented ASAP, hopefully yet in October.Thanks guys,Eric

I am upper 30s and looking at this for additional income and possibly a career change.