Do I have to be heavily front-loaded cash-wise?

Buy and Hold is the better option and pays off heavily in the long run.

Odds are your payment will eventually increase but this practice often prevents that from occurring right away.FL is heavily regulated and you will not end up paying the amount estimated for title insurance regardless of which title company you close with.

All other future properties, one of which I’m working on purchasing in May 2020, would be based heavily on cash flow and less focused on appreciation.

I appreciate you sharing your personal experience and it does help to show that some people are making a go of it in Frayser, however I think I need a broader pool to better gauge the asset base.In all honesty, I've seen a number of people who do manage large portfolios post positively in other threads regarding investing in this area, so I'm trying not to read too heavily into the fact that they aren't willing to share their results (but who knows, maybe they just haven't had an opportunity to respond yet). 

The owner was someone I knew that is heavily into drugs.

I know you're heavily invested in Cleveland, and I'm all ears.

In some cases people say that the population could increase 3-fold over the next 10 years- As far as jobs are concerned, Bakersfield (which was previously known as an Ag and Oil town) is still heavily invested in Ag and Oil, but are starting to diversify based on the location of the city versus other replicable factors.  

Andy In general the tenants should provide their own lawn mower for a single family property.Whether or not they take care of the lawn will be heavily determined by the asset class of the property.

Is Watts heavily Section 8, or is it realistic to think I could get a tenant outside of that?