Healthcare has a lot of obvious core problems, and this is not exempt by any means, however, would love to use my influence and ability to try and service a need. 

Pittsburgh PA is a city on the rise due in part to the technology boom in our area, a strong established healthcare system, A Mayor and our County Executive who are very proactive on initiatives that are attracting big businesses, a strong recovering economy and the continuation of new construction.

It would seem to me that health care is more recession proof than other types of businesses, doctors would be [relatively] easy tenants to have, and the price point of these condos are not price-prohibitive. 

I would budget 8% vacancy but I've been under 5% in my time owning both a SFR and fourplex.It is a military town, and that is the primary economy, followed by healthcare, schools and call centers.

Hello-I am currently working in the health care industry and I want to start investing in real estate, particularly in multi-family homes and rehabbing properties.

It is the third largest MSA in PA (~650K residents, ~875K projected by 2040), 68th in the entire USA. 4.4% Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate in January (Decrease of 1 percent over the year), which is better than the total USA.Jobs and incomeJob growth was 0.9% over the year.Job growth in the past 5 years has been particularly high in Healthcare & Social Assistance (5,758 jobs or 12% growth) Transportation & Warehousing (4,567 jobs or 32% growth), and Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,877 jobs or 54% growth) according to the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC).

If you focus on the following, you can probably reduce your risk and not have to worry about the area getting worse for a long time:-access to public transportation, job and population trends, rent growth, vacant housing stock in the area, quality of school districtFor example....If you're planning to invest in a town with one large major employer (say a manufacturer) and that employer goes out of business or has a mass layoff due to an economic downturn, it doesn't matter if you own single families or multifamilies......there isn't going to be anyone to rent your units or buy your property.  99% of the time, a diversified local employment base is better (or atleast one that has many employers that are downturn resistant - health care, education, government, etc.) 

I work in the health care field and don't have any substantial real estate experience.  

I have been self employed all my life and have bought individual health care plans for over thirty years.

Doing so could put you at risk of creating your own 'project" and things can get out of hand very quickly.Perhaps a better approach would be to contact various agencies such as the Homeless (housing is healthcare is huge across the country), or agencies that have programs to help those with disabilities, etc. as almost all of these tenants come with counselors and the rents are usually higher then Section 8.Best of luck!