(Generally, the further west you go, the more home values start dropping.

I would highly suggest walking before you purchase and talking with neighbors about how your particular block is like to live on.Soutb & West Jackson offer a lot of opportunity, but it is a rough area.

If you don't mind the area west/new Kensington might be your best bet for house hacking in that general area. 

That being said, the wild west is over and banks want a print.

Or is it west like Brimfield/Kickapoo?

Azusa is a few miles west of me, its also an old town with lots of B/C type suburbs, I’m sure there’s possibilities there.....

I am unaware in west coast 1% or 2% rule is applicable.

We are based out of Holland but we manage single family houses, duplexes, four plexes, and condo associations throughout west michigan.

The areas you should research include Plymouth, Kingston, Pembroke, Marshfield, the west side of Brockton (roughly defined by zip code 02301) and Middleboro. 

@Jim Owens90% of my properties are north and east of 95, south of 215 and west of MLK. (89129/130/131/084)As others on BP will attest it’s easy to get an hour or two of real estate rambling, (I mean info) from me.