Woodlawn is good, but keep you eye on the areas the gays and hipsters are slowly creeping into...Rodgers Park has found a new resurgence and you can get some buy and hold rental steals there if you are willing to buy, fix and rent.

Often you can get a real steal from a tired landlord with a non-paying tenant, so the first thing you have to do is evict.

Start looking in your area for a steal on a distressed property.

They are crooks! 

.: Quote from @Dan Tran: I'm interested in investing in cheaper properties for Section 8 buy & hold, and the numbers/inventory are almost suspiciously attractive in Detroit, MI.A lot of BP posts and threads, as well as a few google searches, warn a lot about scams, agents misrepresenting 'turnkey' properties, crooked PM companies, a slow HA office, and very high crime. 

Wal mart has old ladies at the front not because they are going to scream the loudest when you steal, but when they greet everyone, theft goes down.

Are they crooks?

I'll be renting out at $800/month.Last one was the real steal.

Thanks, I'm not trying to steal from anyone, just curious about what people require. 

Essentially they are legally allowed to steal money right out of our bank accounts.