Insurance quotes are coming in anywhere from 3500 to 4500 per Year and interest rates are sitting @%7.1. 

Ahhh.... because it's a reasonable question for reasons that are self-evident, i.e. we want to know success rate of program.

I won't comment on whether its 'worth' it or not, however one thing I've learned and will share with you since you are new, is to be careful of homes that have low rent rates because maintenance costs tend to be disproportionately big.It costs just as much to replace an HVAC for a house that rents for 2k/mo, as it does to replace an HVAC on an 800/mo house. 

Hello,I'm doing research into how the federal funds rate affects mortgage rates.

We would then rent the back unit for market rates and keep the tenant in the 1b/1ba unit. 

So many people focus on interest rates of current vs interest rate they will pay on the next.

Higher price points present more risk from a capital allocation method but in really low-price points typically a higher crime rate.

Water/Sewer Rates -- Revere is over 70% higher than Saugus for example. 2.

As others have mentioned in the above posts, you will have some limited options at the $300k range if you are buying a home at today's interest rates. 

If you are looking for cheap properties, I would check out Ohio.