@James Wise hit the nail on the head w/ the largest red flag- previous owner not paying taxes in a rough area- he probably did the minimum or less for maintenance (could be a reason 2 people arent paying).

For instance I work for Long and Foster thr largest brokerage in the DC area.

Seeming as though my profit margin already on a single family won't be the largest of all, I want to cut my lawn care expenses as much as possible.

Even Amazon one of the largest online selling platforms in the world is expanding to brick and mortar locations.

Are you telling me the largest mobile home manufacturer in the country is illegally pushing their financing method? 

They are by far one of the largest and most reputable in the area.

A repeal of Dodd-Frank is the largest threat to this positive outlook.- He does predict a slowdown or "bump in the road" as he called it around late 2018 or early 2019.- We all know interest rates will have to rise at some point soon.

Vacation rentals are probably one of the areas where it would be nice to have a healthy cap rate because you need the buffer for fluctuations in the market on top of the fact that they are typically in secondary housing markets and those are what we see have some of the largest swings in appreciation and depreciation.

But I am excited about jobs that will not be gone during the next recession (Government (State Capitol), Hospitals, and the largest university in the state (MSU)). 

Chicago is the 3rd largest metropolitan city with 10 million occupants. 42% or 4,200,000 are renters so it's great to know the exit strategy of selling to an end user is feasible.