I am a teacher and high school football coach so things have been so crazy, now that football is over I am going to look into this more.

I agree.. just look at any large mid west or rust belt metro.. there is a ton of houses avaliable the question though will folks buy in certain neighborhoods where inventory is readily avaliable you can buy existing in many of these markets for far less than new builds.. so to me its really a neighborhood issue  a school issue a crime issue etc etc..

Good school as they say lol.

One thing I think I would do is either hire a professional market research company and/or get a local high school or college marketing class to do market research and surveys to see if there is interest and demand. 

I would recommend focusing on good school districts where people want to be, which is going to dictate over average price and rent appreciations. 

If your numbers are not working...go up;  Meaning, better properties w/higher ARVS in good neighborhoods/schools. 

My 17-year-old daughter is still in high school, but she saved up $20,000 in 14 months as a waitress in a town of 10,000.

The schools in the area are really solid as well.

(I literally made my money back for the training on subsequent real estate deals.)  

You could have stopped this train wreck before it ever left the station.