I was doing some general forum searches and saw this. 

I love those neighborhoods of Chicago.  

Real estate is not the stock market and it's called buy & hold and not buy & sell for a reason.I did sell a few properties about 10 years ago when I learned the hard way that going into cheaper neighborhoods was not the right strategy for me, so that was basically a strategy correction and it was necessary, but also costly both in terms of dollars and time.

Focus on identifying promising neighborhoods in the north or east bay by leveraging your husband’s contractor network, local real estate agents, and online deal-finding platforms.

This gives them plenty of time to search the market.

Now that you have the correct terminology, you can search for lots of potential solutions. 

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

@Lindsay Davis"$150,000 can buy you a tenant-ready 3 bed, 2 bath single-family home in a B-grade neighborhood.

I am with Suncoast currently.Remember: cheaper doesn't mean you'll make more money.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

The vehicle is over 6000 pounds GVWR and will be used nearly entirely for business (going to current rental and searching for new properties to acquire)."