If not, they might be a barnacle....barnacles tend to join other barnacles on the bottom of a boat, until they are either scraped off or they sink the boat. 

As an investor, comps tend to harm you more than help.

Usually this is from poor drainage and accumulation of the water that tends to be absorbed by the soild near the foundation.

I have some YouTube videos that may help with some of your questions and always happy to have a call to dive a little deeper. 1. which development(s) tends to be the best for ROI/have the best occupancy rates? 

The challenge with unsafe areas is (1) potentially higher cost of maintenance such as broken windows, etc. and (2) this is by no means meant to be discriminatory but anecdotally from people I've spoken to the challenging tenants tend to be at the lower price points.

•Homes that accommodate more guests (more beds, larger spaces) tend to perform better, but they may also experience slow seasons.

I tend to be a bit more flexible on credit score (minimum is 600), but it's dependent on the property/area.

My bank tends to have more restrictions than others, but this hopefully helps as you shop around.

I tend to stay in my lending and financing lane lol Hi ClaytonMany thanks for the kind offer, Since this is a rental property, my living home insurance(which is way less even though my living home is value about twice the rental property) does not cover landlord insurance. 

I'm with you that sidewalk slip and fall litigation may be less likely in the Midwest than say Mid Atlantic which tends to have more litigious cities but dismissing premises liability issues can come back to bite an investor and when these properties have such razor thin margins that an investor must consider the cost benefit analysis of safety against ROI, there is a real estate issue and is usually a losing proposition.