Break away given it is block walls wouldn't be the best solution given the costs.

You want to meet contractors, property managers, and see the blocks in your target area in real life and not just on Google.

Did you see that Carnival Cruise Lines owns 100 ships and started to Sell six with more on the chopping block and some are scheduled to go to scrap?

I have a rental in Prairie Village on a cinder block foundation that is having issues with standing water in the basement (unfinished) after heavy rains. 

Chicago is block by block!

You would have the flexibility to block out the weeks or months that you're planning on being there and renting it out the rest of the time. 

I own a total of 30 units just outside St.louis across the river in Illinois in a town of about 20,000 people. 16 of those units are about a block away from the other 14 units that I own.

Although it's a great market, you have to buy in the right areas and Indy can vary block to block.

In some cities you may be breaking down to a city block or two for true comps, other areas in the suburbs it may be a specific neighborhood (one side of the highway versus the other), the more rural you go and more unique the property the harder it will be to find a true comparative sale. 

Concrete block house, right outside the Historic District of Wilmington, NC, and in our price range.