Just make sure you use a very honest agent that doesn't sugar coat anything and check the crime statistics and household income.

It’s personal to the employees, who are directly impacted by the work culture of the business and rely on it as a source of income.

I should look at the expenses vs the income (rent collected) and not the selling price of the property. 

Absolutely, the passive income from owning rentals is great but I also love getting into big projects and seeing the transformation from start to finish@David Jesperson What city/market are you looking to buy and what type of properties are you looking for, SF, 2-4 MF, or 5+ MF?

For all methods you would want to find a market that has strong employment rates, strong income rates for the market, and is a growing or an established market. 

I used my tenant income and w2 income to put towards the next phase of rehab.

BUT...if you're American and can still get loans in the US (the silver lining of having to still file US income taxes while living abroad), then why not use leverage?   

.: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: having been a back room vendor for Montelongo  Vertucci  rich dad poor dad.I got to interact with hundreds of students.. its like anything RE related only a little worse than say RE agents .. 20% of RE agents make 80s of the income

Take the proceeds and invest in a highly trusted Syndication or fund and enjoy the passive income.

Akron is a very blue city and are not very landlord friendly - source of income protections, etc...