If you didn’t touch the plumbing you MIGHT have a leg to stand on. 

Are you focusing on any specific industry withing CRI?

When you bring in intentionally say 20 million illegal immigrants you lower the wages on lower income people both by their wages and increasing their cost of living thru more competition for resources.  

Just focusing on the passive income you want to achieve will leave you chasing cash flow which will have you buying properties in worse areas with harder tenancies that seem to cash flow better, but will have large cap ex.Any time someone asks a question about where to invest and it can be anywhere, they aren't ready to invest and are opening themselves up to every pitch in the world on an area.

If you're more of a 'personal referral' person than a 'do research online' person, and this is local to you in Manhattan, KS, hit up one or two of the trades people in the "little apple all stars" BNI group.

Are you looking to focus on SF fix/flips?

This is my first post on the BP forums. 

In all major cities, especially ones with a higher crime index, unless you study the market and know it, I would never rely on someone else to choose a block.

AirBNB is a platform.Personally I like a single, eye catching line.

Usually retail on the ground floor and residential up top.