@Tom Parris having purchased a condo in the past and looked at purchasing more, there is great danger when am HOA is involved especially when considering your neighbors.

@Inna Young -  I thought about the scenario you suggested, but you might wind up confronting some dangerous people if they return to your property while you are in the process of securing it.

It sounds like you've selected the best option for yourself: a semi-blind fund with fewer assets in it, which is great. 

I did the find this article (slightly dated--Feb. 2017) about the most dangerous square mile of the city. https://www.theindychannel.com/longform/indys-red-zones-life-in-the-citys-deadliest-square-mileI know the city is changing fast, but my guess is this still holds up as the most dangerous areas, even if it is slightly improving with time.

The NJ Truth in Renting Act states below:"(3) AN OWNER OF A BUILDING WITH THREE (3) OR FEWER UNITSWISHES TO PERSONALLY OCCUPY A UNIT OR HAS CONTRACTED TOSELL THE BUILDING TO A PERSON WHO WISHES TO PERSONALLYOCCUPY IT and the contract calls for the unit to be vacant at closing.

As a result of all of the knowledge gleaned from books, audiobooks, forums, podcasts, and YouTube, I feel I know enough to not quite be dangerous, but instead I’d classify myself is ‘slightly-menacing’  :-)A common theme has arisen from every single successful person I’ve read about, watched or heard in the syndication space and that’s a regret they have about going it alone at first and figuring it out themselves.  

It's real estate so you can negotiate anything but it's not customary and things out of the ordinary mean that fewer people are interested in going along with it.

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Compared to a single-family, it’s fewer components to break.  

I am a passive investor in one care home project but its a dangerous space IMHO.There are much better options for better risk reward profile investments.