Most often owners have too high of expectations for C/D neighborhoods.

The property has forced air furnace in one unit, two boilers heat the other four units. 

But tuned out to be a pretty nice profit deal for us about 650 to 700k net in less than a year.the lady got her home back free and clear and I told her do not Borrow against it ever again her kids had forced her into last time and of course took the money themselves.

Niagara ON for C$370K or US$256K,  only 932sq ft.Why such differences?

I am not suggesting that you cannot diversify however are you looking for cash flow or is buying now, holding for appreciation and or forcing appreciation is your play.Good luck on your journey!

You can force appreciation by rehabbing and such - so that might be a shorter term way to go?  

Because you are forcing equity into the house you are sometimes able to pull back out the entire purchase and rehab process to return to your investor then you own the home with just the mortgage.

If you are willing to do some work, you can force appreciation, capture some equity, which boosts rent-to-value.In terms of areas to avoid, I would stay away from the East side, particularly anything along Post road between Pendleton Pike and I-74. 

But maybe your tenant reaching out and mentioning that they're going to be forced to file a police report for fraud could generate some traction...obviously the real objective here is to just get the seller to call you back...

Quote from @Owen Maiden: Hello, I am looking for C class neighborhoods to invest in.