Medford has pockets of good areas, but the whole area has decent long-term potential.

I now own six properties and am sitting on a decent amount of cash to buy the next property that pops up.

Decent cabinets can be delivered and are assembled.

I've done a decent amount of research into these markets but also spend a lot of my free time just reading every article I can find about the best vacation rental markets in the country and also reading through these forums to see what other people are saying.

You should have purchasing power-up in the $500-$600k range, some of the western suburbs like Cicero and Berwyn have decent cash flowing multi-units in that price range.Was there a particular reason you were thinking of buying a condo?

Therefore, I was thinking if this were true, it could also be a covered land play.In short, I like the deal because it seems to have a decent shot at having good cash flow AND appreciation.

Surrounding areas (10-25 min travel)have decent rental opportunities but family size (5) has house hacking seeming as more of a hindrance to the family.

Decent, short read in the link below.

I'm conservative by nature but I have learned I am decent at underwriting but not nearly as good at economic forecasts.  

Some of the houses I have looked at through my realtor have decent cash flow, but when I checked out the zip code of the properties on USA.com I see a negative growth rate in those zip codes.