Often, you'll uncover the issue if you're looking vs. desperately seeking a deal as Rick H. suggested.6.  

There were a lot of not-so-nice parts of Oakland, and I grew up in one of them.

I told my buyers to take the afternoon off for an education and they did.They called the next day and said the house must be perfect because Tiger was only there for 15 minutes...Anyways several expensive problems occurred in the next few months that should have been uncovered in the inspection.

It certainly would be so nice to have that extra cushion or security of that passive/mailbox $ coming in so you can relax and not have to stress all the time.  

You must follow the rules exactly or you will pay tax on the 'uncovered' gain.

My PM scheduled a yearly inspection they my property and uncovered these issues: Sprinkler eroded a hole in the dirt near the houseFascia has a gapTree needs a trimKitchen cabinet door won't close, replace hingesPressure wash concretePool Screen Panels torn, need repairScreen door latch needs replaceThen he quoted this work out and it came to $1145.

So nice not to have to respond to and coordinate every call again!

Can't help with your questions about area but if you search the forums you will get some ideas and while you hone in on area you may uncover some other Section 8 issues like finding a PM in the low cost areas you are interested in.

After 55 years in Seattle, yes lived in the city, not the burbs, when Seafair was the only game in town; well, we also had the Sonics, anyway we've had enough with aforementioned socialism and landlord hate being spewn about, sold all of our investments and moved a few years ago to landlord liked, low taxed, free to breath, great growing economy, sunny, Very Profitable, friendly Arizona and haven't looked back.You hit the screwball on the head with your comment: "The city council is largely ignorant and socialist as is the current mayor.

This is where we disagree, visit the property and/or hire your own inspector, and the attempted fraud would have been uncovered before it happened.