Mostly blue-collar working class with not much going on. 

I grew up blue collar and my dad was a contractor, so I'm very much a DIY guy and think I can reasonably handle property management. 

Orhi Hi Orhi,Been plugging away in Toledo, OH since 2014Here are answers to your criteria regarding Toledo1) $75,000 - $100,000 buys solid B class2) Toledo University is solid and employs many people and has foreign students (43607 zip code)3) Car manufacturers, Pro-Medica, Andersons and the glass industry (Most blue all blue collar)4) Hit and a miss5) Declining population from a macro market but certain pockets in high demand from a micro market stadpoint6) 500,000 people including surrounding suburbsWishing you much success

Very humble, hardworking, blue-collar family and they happen to grow up in a part of California that is highly desirable now.

Premier golf courses like TPC Myrtle Beach and nearby Caledonia and True Blue. 

To preface; I am nothing, NOTHING close to a @Todd Dexheimer, I am a "plankton" to his "Great Blue Whale" but here is my "why's": - CAPITAL BANDWIDTH or OPPORTUNITY COST.   

Blue Ridge5.

It can be a good reason like family or very good friend, just so it’s not out of the blue.

I look for lifers to rent out my SFRs in blue collar neighborhoods.

I would never do it in a Blue state that has strong tenant laws...