Wilkinsburg and Reagent Square (at least what some people on the MLS call Reagent Square) can vary wildly from street to street. 

Have to be careful with REIT's as they can be highly cyclical and have wild swings in returns over time due to how they operate.

When you are putting next to nothing down your cash on cash can swing wildly with small changes in your income and expenses.

Danny Buckner at Midlands Mortgage and Lauren Wild at Guild both do MFH or 203K. 

I'm taking a wild guess but I'm guessing @Paul Sandhu   can buy stuff for or has $5k up to $50k without having been to Coffeyville in forever.  

One rental is also close to a mushroom farm that has a strong smell, but the farm is being relocated.

Rates on HELOC's do also vary wildly from bank to bank, but I would recommend going to the bank where you hold most of your assets - you are more likely to get the best rate. 

It can be scary to invest outside your comfort zone, but California is known for wild ups and downs. 

But now the cap rates and ROI are so low on both single family and small multiunits (as well as apartment complexes) that there is really no point in sinking your limited capital into a property that is going to cost you money each month.All that said, you could look to Olympia (prices much lower) and even out to Aberdeen/Hoquiam area where cash flow is solid (even though the market has gotten wildly hot out there, too in the past 4 years).

Hola, I recently submitted a buy proposal with my realtor for 1.5 acre water’s edge Smith River (NW CA) property which the owner is currently reviewing and is likely to accept. Raw land, municipal water hooked up, ele...