Also, you are totally right, I will approach this one rental at a time to both improve my skills and check is this is for me.

I wonder if rent control laws will be easing anytime soon in this city - other than capping rent prices, I don't think they do anything to help improve the quality of rentals.

Also, you are not buying at a premium and can allow the property to appreciate if that said area is historically improving. 

After some minor maintenance projects and improvements, have had very few issues and cashflow has been slightly better than expected.

Investing in curb appeal, such as landscaping improvements, can make a significant difference.

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: If you search on Airbnb in that area you are not finding any PMs at all? 

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I also searched both these topics with no luck.

I'm new to REI and have been searching for a multi-family for the past few months now and haven't had much luck, decided to pull up some forums and found this post!