They argue that right now we're near the top (no one really knows) and that a great deal now will be a bad deal once the correction happens.

Maximum leverage and deters bad tenants from applying when they know how easy it is to get rid of them.

These not very good areas to downright BAD areas.

The biggest problem from a general overview is that drugs are bad in certain areas of Dayton, the I75 & I70 corridor is a huge for transporting them.

Categorizing things so generally may make you miss out on perfectly good deals, or settle on a bad deal because it fit into the "good/recommended" category. 

Sorry to hear about this bad situation.In your shoes I would do nothing that in any way benefited myself. 

In your experience is this many rentals a bad idea?

The property you are talking about is at 0.8% if the expenses are low and you can put 30% it might cash flow , but a bad roi fa sureI am gonna keep looking for another month or so. thanks again 

Also it located in a very bad area so there will be a lot of evictions I am told.

Also, if the main line is bad, its likely a matter of time until the other pipes start to give you issues.