However I've seen 1 bedrooms go for $1800 in the nicer part of the city, so this is for the majority of the C+ / B- apartment houses in the area. 

I think the biggest benefit of it though is having access to the LOC.

I dove into real estate as a college student, working in New York City as a real estate agent during the summers.

Those buying close to the city are either breaking even or taking negative cashflow and banking on appreciation (or buying all cash and parking money, ha).If you do consider Lowell, I'd also recommend you check out the Fitchburg/Leominster area as well.

My biggest time suck is showing the apartments which I like doing myself to meet tenants.

The city can do whatever they want I I have to lean forward and take it. 

I’ve even seen a friend in Austin organize a simple field trip to another city..from what I’ve heard that kind of trip can spark interest in fresh markets.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.

I have had some good luck with NBKC (Kansas City bank).

Though USLI, one of the biggest umbrella policy providers, dropped my max coverage to $1M because I had pools.