I am a British citizen but my wife is from the US and we dont have a US income to be able to go the usual route. thanks 

There is zero reason to rebuild the archaic grid.Much love to all on PR and let people know there are people and companies on the mainland that care very deeply about the plight of fellow citizens.

When you take out senior citizens, people with children, and people who are about to have children, I don't understand how certain urban markets can trade at 10x multiples (NY, SF, DC, Seattle) to every other part of the country. 

They don’t like to be on camera they may try to break them but replace them.Then contact your police district in Chicago ask for community police office fill out a citizens request form to have attention paid by the police tactical team and patrol to be out on the lookout for gang activity.

One new executive order that was recently signed allows individual citizens to form groups which can purchase their own insurance and negotiate the way a larger business would.

For the past 5+ years I've been working with a client in a situation very similar to yours: UK citizen, but currently living outside the UK, intrigued by the US real estate market, averse to turn-key solutions, seeking cash flow.I'd love to put the two of you together so you can compare notes and discuss strategies.

@Mel Hayes, We've had several clients go that way both US citizen seeking passive  and Foreign nationals wanting to avoid the stress of a FIRPTA issue.  

Although we are both citizens, we live and work overseas (Sweden at the moment).

So the private citizen and the housing advocates may show up at these meetings, but nothing changes until the big boys with the $$ want/need it to change

The most basic premise for a government is to protect (ideally, in this order) the life, property and basic rights of existence of its citizens.