I'd like to get a 2-3 flat near where I live (Oak Park IL)I have cash can wait till winter & looking at maybe REO foreclosure, Fixer, util off. 

Direct flights are out of OAK or SFO little over 3 hrs and can be had under 300/ RT easily.

That disclosure is just to let you know not to let your toddlers eat the paint chips off the window frames."

Here in Chicago, your Section 8 rent can be abated for something as small as chipped paint.

I almost bought land along Oak Creek a month ago, partly for the water rights. 

Step 6: Write it down - Example I do residential foreclosures in the Southeastern Michigan cities of Allen Park, Ferndale and Royal Oak. 

There are still great deals around Middletown Newburgh...Check out Montgomery Walden maybrook Middletown Goshen scotchtown otisville Fair oaks etc..Great deals growing areas

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Here are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus

I'll give you some geography afterward.)Lakewood, Lower Greenville, Old East Dallas, Swiss Ave Historic Area, Munger Place, M Streets, SMU area (University Park, Park Cities, McKinney Ave area), Oak LawnOf those areas, Lakewood, parts of M Streets, Lower Greenville, SMU & Oak Lawn have the best walkability.That pretty much means you're going to look in the general area of East of Lemon Ave, South of Northwest Hwy, North of Gaston (definitely north of I-30!!!)

IE, the leaky roof destroys the plaster walls, warps the oak floors, and then lands on the electrical panel.