Now, a family looking to buy their first home that is a completely different story. 

Both buildings are two-story four-plex.

My story isn't even that bad compared to another CA   investor who bought 2 apartment buildings in the Midwest Class C and was told property values would go up with gentrification.

Unlike San Diego, the laws about rent increases and evictions and things like that are more reasonable for landlords, making those nightmare evictions stories and squatting stories less likely (hoping I never have to take advantage of that but still good to know)So i'd look for things like that if you can, good luck and do let me know when you end up closing an out of state flip!

Also, on your first point, I have a funny story.

But I've heard so many stories about what she does or doesn't own.   

Meaning it’s easy to make their students feel like success stories but anyone who buys section 8 rentals knows the honeymoon phase doesn’t last long.

I love your story - pushing strollers to Guinness World Records?

If you have partnerships and complex entity structures, that is an entirely different story. 

Toledo's Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority...LMHA which administers the Section 8 program seems to have had a difficult 2016 and 2017 doesn't seem much better.I've been renting to Section 8 for seven years now, I still have my original tenant in fact, and normally I find great satisfaction in renting to good tenants and working with the bureaucracy that comes with a government program...I had 10 properties rented section 8 at one point and have slowly prioritized standard rentals over the program and now am seeing blatant issues with their operations causing me to move away from considering their tenants.Delays in the program: We used to have 5 business day's delay for new-tenant vouchers to be reviewed and processed for inspection but have been going weeks before we hear anything.