It's a small historic town along the river about 15 miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh. 

Ideally there would be a way to work some cash flow into this deal to offset loans or ultimately provide an additional source of income for them in their retirement.Having poked around on BP for a while and listened to copious podcasts, I have come up with a rough strategy:Get home equity loan on existing property for around $300-$400KUse loan money for 20% down payment on two properties: one SFR for them somewhere cheaper in the SGV like Rosemead or El Monte, and one multifamily for us to house-hack within 30 minutes or so of downtown (El Sereno, Highland Park, USC area, Inglewood?)

The UT just released the latest plans for the new Seaport Village in Downtown San Diego. 

Charlotte had seemed like such a perfect city because of the colleges nearby and tons of work downtown, it hinted to me it would be easier to find roommates to rent out the rooms to while I live there.

The property is at really great location, right next to train station and suburb downtown.

The property is at really great location, right next to train station and suburb downtown.

If you have fair credit, verifiable rental history and consistent income you can easily secure FHA financing in Houston and the inner city is the ideal place to house hack because of it's proximity to all the cool and trendy places downtown along with the major universities and Med Center.

I’m leaning more and more towards downtown Baltimore market, I have an interest in getting townhomes aiming towards college students, young professionals and hipsters, for some reason I just have an interest in inner city townhouses rather than suburb properties, is there any set data on what is a better investment ? 

This property is in the BEST spot for our city (also going up in value due to expansion from the downtown of our city), 3/2 are going for $650 and some newer homes are 1.5 million. 

Depending on the county you are interested in they might have examples online, if not you can call the clerks office downtown and they will have someone that can walk you through the site.