In 1908"At the time, Theodore Roosevelt was president, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii were not yet states, and the first Ford Model T car was two weeks old."

Henry Ford, Mark Cuban, Gary Keller.

The downside to this is that I don't think the house would bring enough rent to make it work well.Assumed rent = $750 x 12 = 9000 minus 500 for insurance - 1100 taxes = 7400 NOI minus 6000 for DS = $1400 CF. 

I use to sell those Kirby vacuum cleaners and I worked for Brandon Ford in Tampa Florida as a car salesman (I know, they have bad reputations).

Midtown is being dominated by WSU, Detroit Medical Center, Cardinal Health, Henry Ford Hospital, and the Illitch's(Little Caesars, Red Wings, Tigers, and now Pistons).In each of these cases providing workers/residents mean spin-off business have appeared(gyms, coffee shops, bars) or established businesses have made major upgrades(some liquor stores don't have bulletproof glass in midtown, or the bowling alley adding a cafe and event space.All development is subsidized by tax breaks/credits in all cities.

The husband was a Ford Engineer full-time who invested part-time.  

This is even more true for D class properties (which, on paper, often show amazing ROI numbers).

@Ford Willoughby, I do not know about 10 years ago, but security deposits in Illinois can be used to pay for any loss to a landlord caused by the tenant.

Ever hear of Ford, Rocket mortgage, or Beaumont hospitals?

While you have a valid point for DE, CO (where the OP is) does not have SOI discrimination laws (per this pro-tenant publication.)