There are several services that do comprehensive background checks.

They will recommend only good people to me when I ask and they will have their finger on the pulse of availability/progress and also get the word out that I am a good person to work for.If I were you I would look around your house/units and see all the household/tool/etc. things you may need or want and then I would go down to Kovarik True Value Hardware (just did a search), introduce yourself, ask to open an account, buy some items and explain your needs...

🤣)If you're lucky enough to put 50% down you can actually probably expect a reasonable cash flow, which is honestly a great place to be.I have not done a comprehensive market survey, neighborhood by neighborhood and zip code by zip code, to tell you (or anyone :) where the "best" area to invest is in terms of cash flow, rate of return, etc.However what I can say is that other investors have told me, and I have seen it myself over the years, that some of the "best" returns can be had in the most difficult areas.

Validate your findings with Craigslist and by calling some apartment buildings in the area.At the same time you need to know what the median household income is per the city and the sub markets/zip codes within it.

It’s not accurate to use median household income to measure affordability.

Triplexes are going to be harder to find but I’m of the mind that you should go as big and expensive as possible since debt is cheap and you are (assuming) a dual income high earning household. 

Once they look at the property I again tell them that I will run a comprehensive check on them.

My husband and I have four children in the house from 1yr to 17, house hacking isn’t really something we can or are willing to do with our household size. 

What are limitations on total amount of pets with in the household?

Are there any other single income households that have overcome these hurdles?