Maybe your situation is different and if you don’t feel comfortable in the neighborhood then this may be a moot point anyway.As for FHA, my understanding is that you must intend to live in the house for a year  it sounds like you did intend to, but due to unexpected circumstances- lead exposure and unexpected unsafe neighborhood- you have to move.

How did you decide which neighborhood/street/zip code to start with?

The purpose of this post is to alert people about this $35K scam (since BP has such a high Google ranking, and hopefully this post might come up in some's search result when they are doing research on this so called "Elite Legacy Education"), and here are the details:I read the Rich Dad Poor Dad book back in high school, and I'm fascinated by his emphasis on financial education (although later on I realize man of his other books are repetitive and erroneous).

There's so much content and so many individuals who push inexperienced investors to take action before they are financially ready while downplaying the risks, particularly those associated with  properties in lower tier neighborhoods.

Hey Loan, I get it—trying to find cash-flowing deals in the Bay Area is like searching for a needle in a haystack.I’ve been investing in Detroit for a while now, and it's one of the few places that still offers great cash flow opportunities.

FYI- Those prices are at least double, for decent neighborhoods in SF.

Slowly build out a repeatable process...if you continue to change things (as in different types of properties, different levels of renovation, different finish material, different neighborhoods, etc.) you create more variables and make it harder to solve to the problem.I am a math guy and less unknowns/variables you have the easier the problem will be to solve. 

But, each has their own differences.That being said, in the neighborhoods I invest in, duplexes and quads have appreciated slower than single family properties.  

And I don't know what the cap rates are in the area for SFRs, but I did a quick Redfin search for a small multi-family home in the area that's turnkey: https://www.redfin.com/VA/Richmond/1622-N-31st-St-23223/home.... 

In February of 2022 we purchased a newly renovated 3 unit building in the South Austin neighborhood of Chicago.