Spare yourself this and keep the cable.  

The social issue you describe are common in all cities  our city of Portlandia was spared this up until a few years ago and now our lovely city has its own war zones these days when 3 years ago none existed..

They are targeting the stay at home moms have made huge amounts of money flipping condominiums in their spare time.

I can then finish off the other 2 units, sparingly redeploying the HELOC funds.

Rented the two spare bedrooms to my friends for $500/month each.

We have a 4/2 with a 3 (officially it has 2 BR but they use the spare room as a BR)/1 that we split 60/40. 

Once the initial investment hurdle is overcome, subsequent endeavors tend to become more manageable.If you would be gracious enough to spare some time from your schedule, I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to engage in a lunch or dinner conversation with a fellow Multifamily investor residing in the Chicagoland area.

Do you have the spare time to do the staging?  

Still considered rental income, but you could rent a spare room on AirBnB.

Yes, I should have been a bit more clear on a few things but #1 was speaking "in general" and #2 I was trying to spare members with too much fluff to read in my post.LOL  So...