Unlike your situation, the parcels were always separate from each other, but the sellers loan was collateralized against both the single family home parcel as well as the vacant parcel.

@Lucas Hunt I'm curious as well.

I highly recommend a well-qualified REALTOR that works with investors and knows how to best help you.6.

I find couple hundo on a mortgage we just piddle that money away any way might as well do some good with it..

We have been targeting $1350 recently and that has been going well. 

If you can learn a market and become extremely confident in running your numbers you should do well most of the time.

I’m asking for opinions in this area since the crime rate is High and vacancy rate is high as well.

Oh well, but I have the resource to keep moving forward and I have about 25 guys, so my client is covered.

Maybe one of the owners you talk to happen have larger properties as well.   

Smells of cooking or smoking are likely to do so as well.Having said all of the above, the flats I'm familiar with have rented reasonably well at market rents.