@Darren Eady  @Bob Maleckithis scam is alive and well in the mid west rust belt and deep south.When I had foreclosures and banged on doors... more than once I asked who they were paying rent.. to and it would be    I's pay to the guy in the blue truck... this scam is alive and well .. the fact that the dectives will even engage you is awesome most jurisdictions would tell you its a civil matter. assignment of rents is great but it cost to perfect it.. and try to explain to some tenant what it is.. they have no understanding and think your the MAN trying to scam them more. 

Otherwise, the area seems fine, blue collar.I would like to hear people's thoughts, am I going to have trouble selling this house after it is rehabbed due to the graveyard?

Ok after i found bigger pockets i took action and rented out the miami house for 1150 a month i purchased a home a block over with plans to rent it out by aug 2016 after a value add it is currently a 2 bed 1 bath 1200sqf home, i plan to make it a 3 bed 2 bath and rent it out , this is named the blue house because when you see the mls photos it looks very blue.

These will be low value C properties in blue collar neighborhoods.

The main way to get something done in blue-state America is pool your money and get collective finance and government connections on your side.

I had already gone to Home Depot and bought brushes, blue painter’s tape, and all the fancy paint holders that I thought I needed… You should’ve seen the look on his face and the laughter that ensued.

I'm a hands-on blue collar type landlord thinking about changing my business model to scale up my number of rentals.

I currently have a full time blue collar job that just doesn't match my level of ambition.  

The suburbs further out - Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, Liberty - also have good schools, so the properties there command higher prices / rents. 

People blue collar moving to white collar...no cars on blocks, mostly groomed lawns.