@Elliot Saks - Milwaukee has great cashflowing properties as  there are a disproportional amount of renters (roughly 40% of households) and a solid inventory of low-priced housing. 

Well I have $270k of equity in our primary residence and house hold income is $130k a year with only a monthly mortgage payment of $1600 being the only debt.

It’s admirable to homeschool the kids and stay at home with them but If you are only going to have one employed adult they need to increase the household income dramatically especially for where you live .

As far as marijuana growth in Oregon goes, the legal limit is also 4 plants per household.

As a Military Officer, Take Charge (of the Household) and Move Out!

By screening everyone in the household, you can potentially avoid an eviction and other tenant problems.  

Assuming you have no pressing liquidity concerns and have a stable household income, I would prefer to buy houses in middle-to-upper middle parts of the metroplex.

I’ve not had a chance to research the percentage of households that were renting at the end of the recession as compared to before to see if there might be a potential benefit to having rental property in a period of time when people are not buying homes.Good luck with the first property!!

Article from today —Almost 50 percent more potential homebuyers from outside Arizona searched for houses in Phoenix area during the first quarter than a year agoAbout 23 percent of out-of-state buyers looking in Phoenix were from Los Angeles during the first three months of this yearDenver residents’ top pick for moving was Phoenix—Metro Phoenix draws homebuyers from LA, Seattle and Denverhttps://www.azcentral.com/story/money/real-estate/catherine-reagor/2018/07/15/metro-phoenix-draws-homebuyers-la-seattle-and-denver-home-prices-household-income-redfin/772863002/

The auction is going on now..https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/07/13/1500-detroit-households-face-tax-foreclosure-ahead-of-fall-auctionThe good thing is you can get a whole lot of house for your money in C class and below.