I dont think it’s a mystery at all that their rates are higher - just take a couple minutes to compare.

I can recall 3 local murders committed by tenants in private homes...one was over 5 years ago but the victim was the owners small daughter.

I came across a cute little house on a quiet side street marked "CONDEMNED" that struck me as someplace I'd want to buy. I figured I'd look up the owner and make a cash offer. I found the owner's name and address... a...

Kern County areas are not that much of a mystery, just check the mls to get a general idea.

There can be good investments in areas I have labeled bad and there could be bad investments in areas that I have labeled good.Here is the list:Highest risk, highest crime, highest turnover areas:64130 – listed in 2009 as the “murder factory” of Kansas City - avoid64129 - avoid64128 - avoid64127 - avoid64126 – avoidHistoric NE areas:64124 – both good and bad areas for renting64123 – both good and bad areas for rentingKC Downtown:64106 – mostly commercial & condos – great area for rentals and flips64108 – mostly commercial & condos – great area for rentals and flipsMidtown:64109 – both good and bad areas for rentals64110 – both good and bad areas for rentalsWestport/Plaza/Waldo/Brookside area:64111 – great area for rentals and flips64112 – great area for rentals and flips64113 – great area for rentals and flips64114 – great area for rentals and flipsSouth KC/Grandview/Raytown area:64030 – mostly good rental area64134 – mostly good rental area64136 – mostly good rental area64139 – mostly good rental area64138 – mostly good rental areaLee’s summit Area:64081 – great area for rentals and flips64082 – great area for rentals and flipsBlue Springs Area:64015 – good area for rentals and flips64014 – good area for rentals and flipsIndependence Area:64052 – mostly bad rental area64053 – mostly bad rental area64055 – mostly good rental area64050 – mostly good rental area64056 – mostly good rental area64057 – mostly good rental areaNorth of the River Areas:64116 – mostly good rental area64117 – mostly good rental area64118 – good rental area64119 – good rental area64151 – great area for rentals and flips64152 – great area for rentals and flips64153 – great area for rentals and flips64154 – great area for rentals and flips64155 – great area for rentals and flips64157 – great area for rentals and flips64158 – great area for rentals and flips64068 – great area for rentals and flipsI hope this can help some of you new investors and maybe some seasoned investors as well.I'm on my phone so I'm not sure how to reference lol

The prior owner had lived across the street in a single family home until he was murdered.

Without getting into excessive crime stats, lets just acknowledge the fact there was a murder on 500 Richwood two days ago.

if you get anyone to respond its a normal escrow.. get a purchase and sale contract signed.. take it to your local title company cut your check and close.no mystery to it.. nothing special.. the hard part will be getting any responses.. as stated these folks that are losing houses in OHIO have not made payments in years.. and they have gotten hundreds of these letters.. but you never know .... you could get lucky.

then rent it out.. no mystery.

@Sarah KartsherThe City of Phoenix and all the surrounding local municipalities report local crime on this website:http://www.communitycrimemap.com/(Although, I think it's a little bugged at the moment because there's no way there's that many murders in the past month for the area.