EX: Cookie sheets, can openers, potato peelers, maybe a crock pot? 

If you smell pot write up a notice of eviction for cause,, but get this addendum signed first.. and don't wait another day to do it.The high traffic is basically people coming and going at weird hours and simply write up a lease violation for that asap even without the crime free addendum the activity has to stop or you will file eviction for cause.  

If I could go back in time I would not only have been more persistent but I would have offered the son the listings when I finished renovating the houses to sweeten the pot. 

I don't have a direct answer for you, but I can stir the pot with what I've seen so far (I haven't actually executed anything yet).I had an initial consultation with an out of state lawyer who recommended that I form an LLC in Wyoming and have it be the controlling member of my Michigan LLC.

Now there are different people coming and going all the time, nobody says "Hi", loud music late at night, pot smoke smells drifting into our yard, random people sitting in their car in front of our house running their engines for hours while they talk on the phone, permanent dumpster on a residential street etc.

I grew up around Winston, and with speaking to some of the agents that I know that are working up that area, it is still and extremely interesting market with plenty of people putting their hands into the pot.

With a 3-4 unit, depending on area you may have some success on Loop Net. 

While we do have very high crime areas (and sadly news stories about them) our great city is a melting pot of people and opportunity with pockets of very nice mixed into areas that are not so nice.

It just seems like it would be very difficult without a large pot of money to accumulate enough monthly cash flow to do it full time.  

My goal was to add to my pot so that I could achieve my goal of adding 3 more doors to my portfolio this year.