Everyone has different perceptions for B Class and this is mine based off our market in Toledo.1) Mix of investor owned and home owners (Last few years leaning more toward home owners buying)2) Infrastructure supporting tenant and home owner demand (Car manufacturers, ProMedica hospital, Washington Local School District, Toledo University, etc...)3) Homes well kept, yards mowed, none or very few bordered up homes, cars with wheels, pride of ownership, lower crime, no riff raff roaming the streets lol4) All tenants employed and submit rent payments online.

we have about 2000 people and one of the best rated Elementary schools in the state.

This results in higher crime and lower-quality schools, which causes more people to leave.What conditions attract new companies to relocate to a city?

I'm 23 and just graduated college so my DTI is a bit higher than I'd like it to be.

Consider the costs you are paying as tuition in the school of REI.

I bought my first place when I was your age and it was to live in while I went to grad school and I rented out the other room in the condo.Talk to your bank and find out what is happening because what you said doesn't make sense for a regular mortgage. 

I'm trying to secure one more property before I go back to school and therefore back down to a single income with my wife while I finish flight school.

I used to be a firefighter, and all the training from paramedic school to the fire academy did not get me up to speed as fast as being in the seat and doing the work with clients and investors. 

Maybe I personally need a certain school zone.

I am 24, graduated college last year, and have worked in the tech sector for over a year.