(Mass Govt should be giving experienced landlords (5 years operating with at least one unit at profit as a buy and hold) zero down loans to house these people (in areas they currently live in--so they can stay close to friends and family), and free money to fix up the Brockton type area homes to modern standards inside. 

Raising rent tends to be more of an art than a science.

Remodeling real estate is just as much art than science.

Per this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

The plan is to build a modern two-story 3200 sq ft house, 4 BD, 4.5 BH house with a garage. 

David OrrTax Modern

It is the hardest thing, part art and part science.

Oil is literally the life blood of modern civilization.

Look into (and Google for) building science websites that will give you the whole scoop. 

The broker price opinion is based in comps so is not rocket science either.