As a result, it is much easier to talk about which areas you may want to avoid.The East side and near the Fair Grounds are commonly considered rougher areas. 

In my real Estate brokerages I have owned 90% women  in lending lots of women loan officers and of course support staff is mainly women.. at The title companies I work with their is maybe one male and 10 to 20 females all the senior escrow officers are women.the only time i see men in the escrow side of things is back east in states that use attorneys to close deals and those are generally all men.. as in the attorney that owns the practice is male and his staff is generally female  Not all but majority of the companies I have closed with back east are like this,

Here are pockets I focus on for cash flow:West side - West boulevard, Cudell, Clark-Fulton, Jefferson, Bellaire-Puritas, Old BrooklynEast side - Fairfax, Buckeye-Shaker (the north side), Waterloo Arts District, Garfield Heights, Maple Heights, Newburgh Heights, Lee-Miles (the north side), BedfordHere are the areas that I focus on for appreciation:West side - Lakewood, Edgewater, Old Brooklyn, Ohio City, Tremont (above 490)East side - Buckeye-Shaker (the north side), Waterloo Arts District, Fairfax*I have a graded neighborhood map of these areas as well if you would like to check it out.

In the East Bay prices are a little lower, can maybe find $600,000 (this is rare) to $1 million: Walnut Creek, Concord, Dublin, Pleasanton.

The section east of that does.

Many of our investors at our brokerage have pivoted to the rent by the room model through platforms such as homeroom or padsplit which is pretty prevalent across the south east and some other major metros.Happy to chat specifics - feel free to reach out in dms or contact info in bio!

Sannleandro Hayward East San Jose San Lorenzo 

Any thoughts on the East Bluff area of Peoria?

I visited Cleveland years back, and to me the east side of the city was older, higher cap rates, and lower price per unit, but harder to manage.

But having window fans blowing out of the 2nd floor, and in on the 1st floor east side kept the house reasonable in Chicago summers.