Some creative options you could do, pending zoning, is to buy land outside of Chicago say like a 30-45 minute commute and build a tiny home/manufactured home on the land.

Maybe look at building a manufactured home on a new lot depending on zoning. 

I'm on the east coast in SC, in the upstate area, so the job market is a lot of blue collar manufacturing and very steady/secure.

I'm tied up with work for the next 2 weeks (I joined a Japanese crane manufacturing company, and I'm getting my crane operator's license), but after that let's def connect on zoom.  

I offer finacing on manufactured homes must be deeded real property (no lot rent)  for invstors. 

Both the last two things are applicable because we have manufacturing for both those things in our area so look to see what might be manufactured or grown in your area.

Look for cities where there is a good mix of manufacturing, warehousing and overall good job market with low unemployment. it also ensures that taxes won't go up in the event that a city starts going bankrupt.Using these four criteria will help you to narrow your search for what city to invest in...

There's a lot of manufacturing in SC = low unemployment = huge need for housing.

Small towns like these that are isolated from larger cities are often dependent on a couple of manufacturers for their economy.

All complimented with Amazon fulfillment centers, google, and more tech manufacturing jobs.The bad reputation of “Detroit” comes from OOS investors wanting sub $40,000, D class properties in poor condition, because they pencil out to 2-3% deals on paper.