I put together a simple monthly ranking report that compares population and job growth, affordability, and yield to 100+ major metros in the US.

The human element is unpredictable.Anyone with success, experience or interest in this area?

Then I spend months driving by these house and I rank them from 1 to 10 so I can quickly look at my notes and ranking during the auction.As to why someone wouldn't pay their taxes.

Once the property was furnished and created a steady 9 months of bookings, we leveraged the property to recapture 60% of the capital invested and a property management company handles all elements of the day-to-day obligations.

I can swap out an element and upper limit t-stat in minutes. 

related to the military question: Military gets paid a housing allowance called BAH - you can look up any zip code and rank to see how much your tenant gets for their allowancehttp://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/bahCalc.cfmI can't speak about the section 8 part, but I am military so it does help to know what the average military member might be looking for in rent. 

Key elements to success are a separate apartment access (most inquiries request) and good proximity to hospitals.

With gentrification, some of that older housing gets rehabbed and thus preserving some of those older architectural elements; of course, some will want to raze these older properties to have a fresh start from the ground up.

They are clearly exposed to the elements, passing dogs, and, weedwackers.

Also, if the pipe that leaked is a "common element" or "limited common element" the association may have some responsibility for the leak.