Unless you are absolutely crushing it as far as rent it seems odd if cash flow is the goal. 

Thanks for the positive feedback John.......Glad we've been able to help you keep crushing your investment goals out here in Cleveland.

Before we started supplying W/Ds you should have seen some of the dumb installations I saw done by tenants - supply hoses jerry rigged with duct tape, drain lines not hooked up, dryer vents crushed flat, dryers miswired, etc.

If you buy a random 50K property in the midwest in an unfamiliar neighborhood you will get crushed by deferred maintenance, or your tenants, or both.like this guy.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...or, for a super thoughtful thread on someone investing in the midwest with lots of good responses:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...you cannot push internet button on random property and get $500 a month cash flow right now, it is not possible.

That totally crushes my cash flow so I don’t really like that idea.

I have a new student in the Baltimore area who is getting ready to crush it.

Crush them all tactfully everyday and you will get what you want. 

To be honest, I’m crushed.

The fact that some people benefit doesn't help most homeowners, or most renters, and the fact that commercial property is able to lock in their taxes is almost criminal.Texas has the opposite problem in that they continue to raise taxes to pay to build things that will crush them to maintain.

As long as interest rates are reasonable, the leveraged investor will always crush the cash buyer.