Although most are C-Class they're always the nicest properties on the block and I put a lot of the other landlords to shame.

We own a single family house on the same road, just 4 blocks away in this same form district that is on pace to earn us $35,000 after expenses in 2024, so am confident this duplex would perform well also.

OMG his special reports on the NAR Trial last October were just him reading some random news article, painful lol!

Areas tend to get blocked when a driver gets robbed or something of the sort.

I honestly should have more money saved up considering my years of working full-time, however younger financial mistakes have been a painful lesson and I regret not purchasing a property sooner/younger.My most important and immediate goal right now is to purchase a property.I am in (what I perceive to be) a relatively high cost real estate area. 

I've seen gentrification spread right up to a block of S8 buildings, and then go around that block leaving it right where it was and will probably always be (undesirable). 

I feel your pain with buying at the top of the market.

Yea there's some growing pains - but experience is the best teacher.

This immediate implementation would have been very bad for investors, bad for resident homeowners, bad for renters: would have been all-around painful. 

If they choose something low, they are going to be a pain and it's time to get them out.