Hey Kaylan,Stick to the neighborhoods where your middle class Americans live (teachers, mechanics, mailmen, etc) These are the best areas to drive for dollars since most of your end-buyers prefer to flip these homes.Also, look into pulling the Code Violations list from your county - they are essentially driving for dollars for you.Best of luck 

Currently, you don't know what you don't know, so it might take some time to work out your deal criteria and market research...For instance, looking for a cash on cash return of 10% is a good goal, but what about appreciation, hold periods, unit type, unit class etc...how does the 10% COC tie into you personal goals for investing?

For context, I own a duplex and rent to A-/B+ class.

I have been doing my research on getting my real estate license and i see a lot of companies will help you pay for your classes.

I'd like to get some opinions on this, to see what other landlords might do in this situation/current environment etc. 

Even with multi-family in Richmond, you're making cashflow negative on C class neighbors.

This is a class A piece of land in a major metropolis. 

I'm looking at a clear 25% rise in newly posted rental properties per-square-foot costs in C-class SFR in just the last two months.

You have the US-style standard properties that only the foreigners and wealthy and upper middle-class Mexicans can afford and buy.

There's been classes on it and everything else but when no one tells you how litigious a sub to negotiation is.If you go in and get a property under contract and take it subject to the existing debt and then you flip that out or you make money on it and the owner gets wind of that they can come back and sue you.