While chatting with a friend today they brought my attention to discussions currently happening in the Oakland City Council that would be of interest to all of us with small multi-family properties in Oakland.  

Just substitute the state and city and you can look at different areashttp://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Ha... - A little high level but does mention some states in there.http://www.usmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05... - Employment info a bit dated but aligns with the price rises seen in those states.

Here's a link to the page in the city's website, if anyone is interested:http://www.hartford.gov/dds/232-development-servic...

You should be able to get a tenant at the $900 rent if you live in a medium/big city and the property is in a decent location. 

Louis City, storage in these older properties is quite limited and there seems to be a solid demand for extra storage units. 

Not unless the local city requires one, which is rare.

Since the HOA already foreclosed, their lien no longer exists and the 1st foreclosure action will wipe out anything else besides taxes, IRS, county/city fines or levies, etc. 

I've found another property that I feel confident will bring me a similar return as the first (same city, about 3 blocks away, similar price, similar SF, same Bedroom, more baths), but I'm not sure I should buy 3 properties within 1.1 years as it will make me leveraged to the tune of about $550,000.

Many Chinese invest in real estate in "empty" cities in China that inflate the value of those properties.

@Renee Burke there are a few good deals on the market but why the northwest part of the city?