Stick to the southeast, southwest and west.

If you're buying a single family I would recommend southwest like Sunset Valley or Oak Hill to hit that payment.

In that sense, the path of progress is in a southwesterly direction, but we'd refer to these areas as West Knoxville or Far West Knoxville.There is certainly growth in other directions as well, as well as pockets around downtown.The U.S. 

One is in southwest.

@Carter Thomas I am local investor as well and work within property management of single family rentals in Southwest Washington. 

As a whole though, both are going to be very landlord friendly, so I wouldn't say there's a huge benefit one way or another in those regardsI can't advise on specific markets, but like @Allen Wu mentioned above, Cape Coral and the general Southwest Florida region could very well suit your criteria

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $160,000

Cash invested: $10,000

Duplex, Clean and cashflowing 2200/month

I want $500 in cash flow and want to get 15% cash on cash ROI for all cash I invested in the downpayment and rehab.You CAN find deals like that in this market but even that is tough in Southwest.  

I do a lot of business in the near southwest suburbs, and our laws are significantly less strict than the Chicago ones.

I am looking to get into MF investing in Southwest Ohio (Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus).