Cases heard in NY don't carry the weight out west that you think.Also, It isn't a question of whether it is "legal" to rent to an "Illegal" it is a question of the "illegal" lying about his status and thus causing risk to a landlord that the landlord should and has the right to know about.

but have then.....First,  weight it for Fees, Taxation, and Inflation.....then have them give you your rate of return.

Back in the housing bubble when it popped, all them vacant commercial properties became dead weight for the owners.

A good agent that is willing to treat investors the same as they would a FTHB looking at $300k houses is worth their weight in gold.

I would be pretty nervous being on campus anywhere with the huge influx of supply, especially if you have "maturity date" within 2 years coming due on commercial loans that would only work at what are historically low interest rates right now.This is article that was showing the new building inventory becoming a problem that will serve you good market research @Abhishek Banerjee"The owners of the Gramercy Park Apartments in west Champaign asked the board of review to reduce the assessment of their property, with a weighted age of 52 years, by more than a million dollars.

I was pretty adamant that I wanted to do something to lessen the blow, and he and his family were very appreciative of that fact.  

Make a decision that won’t eat away your profits, while lessening your risk for bankruptcy.

All the travel nurses have cars and none of them were willing to lessen their commute by living in a high crime area.

GET A HOME INSPECTION – a non-bias 3rd party can be worth its weight in gold.

Alas even we Hard Money Lenders groaning under the weight of all that cash awaiting lending out still have people in turn we need to keep happy.Then there is the $75K minimum that Stephanie mentioned.