And pretty much for certain these days a vast majority of the 75k homes will be rentals  Not enough owner occ's to create a sense of community and pride in up keep etc.. 

NOTHING CAN.The only way to reliably get in touch with motivated selelrs is for you to make it extremely easy for them to find you.When was the last time you went to the library to find information on a problem you needed to solve?

You'll also  need a more creative attorney who is aware of installment sales in today's environment, who doesn't simply rely on the old boilerplate written 10  years ago for the Bar Library.

I know of investors who have done this using the "whole block" strategy, and I have a reasonable feel for it in my own little area, but outside of that my experience of what makes a neighborhood 'come back':No intrinsic reason for decline other than decline - i.e. it's not next door to a sewage plant or trash dumpHouses were reasonably well-built and well-sized to begin with Within easy walking distance of anything worth getting to - a downtown, a really nice park, a fantastic library, a great shopping centerA high ratio of owner-occupied to rental property(Sad but true) A low percentage of immigrants and minority groups (this could include whites depending on the area); there are still a lot of prejudiced buyers/renters out thereA perception of physical & personal safetyReasonably close to centers of employment

We would use it as our primary residence for SD residency and tax purposes but sine we travel the vast majority of the year in our motorhome would be looking to use it as an STR the majority of the time. 

If you want to cater to the inland stream and hunter crowd, then your options are vast.

@Jordan MoorheadCan you reference where you are pulling your new info with a link to the announcement since those numbers are $200-$400 more than the online 1/1/18 update from housing link/MPH:https://www.housinglink.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2018-renter-pays-for-heat.pdf?

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Might not be as bad where you are at, lately vast swaths of NorCal burn down every summer, which also keeps CGs busy, and busy on big $700k jobs.

The vast majority of students need housing from Aug/Sept to May/Jun.