Thanks for the advice Dawn, I haven't checked that out yet but I will to see who is out there in my areaChris

The old laws on the books, if enforced, were sufficient IMO.I guess the gov't wants all of the hundreds of thousands of people living in "Lonnie deal" homes to instead just rent their homes and deal with the cut-off water, the no air-conditioning repair, the roach and vermin infestation, the leaking toilet, the broken dishwasher that their landlord refuses to repair while the local courts get an influx of eviction cases. 

Dawn Anastasi post one of my Favorites for education on these price properties is Ben's post about investing in pigs 

The kitchen cost $1400 including all cabinets, stainless steal appliances (microwave, fridge, range, dishwasher) and granite bench-tops.

I am adding a dishwasher, microwave, and garbage disposal as well as recessed and pendant lighting and moving every other outlet and light switch around.The price I just got to put in a 200 amp panel and move it from inside the laundry to outside at the other end of the house was $3000, but that depends on what the power company makes them do as far as moving the meter and where they are allowed to put the new panel.The price for the rest of the work, which essentially amounts to rewiring the whole kitchen adding a handful of new circuits and some of the den is another $3000.

There are a lot of little things wrong, like a nonfunctional garbage disposal and the dishwasher's soap dispenser doesn't pop and some other small items that will be fixed, but are so inexpensive it really isn't worth going into.  

As Dawn stated, make sure you don't discriminate (even by accident) in your screening process.

It just now dawned on me that a half-plex might not be considered a SFH but rather a multi-family.

Originally posted by @Dawn Anastasi:@George P. congrats! 

@Dawn Anastasihas a much better perspective than I do on the Milwaukee market as she has been in the game, and has quite the portfolio.