My goal is to invest in one single home rental property a year for around $100,000 and rent it out for means of cash flow.

Of the 23,000 single-family homes in the 89031 ZIP code, more than 7,500 have had at least one foreclosure since 2006, according to Attom Data Solutions.The wave of foreclosures over the past decade changed the face of the community.Sandra L.

With all that being said, I have now opened my mind to the possibility of purchasing a single family home that needs minor rehab.

pid=1563Houston Real Estate Highlights in August(* asterisk denotes that the “Harvey effect” has been removed): Single-family home sales rose 7.6 percent year-over-year, with 5,844 units sold*;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes declined slightly to 49 days;Total property sales jumped 36.8 percent, with 9,978 units sold;Total dollar volume increased 40.1 percent to $2.86 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.0 percent to $236,870, reaching an August high;The single-family home average price also achieved an August record, rising 1.9 percent to $300,670;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.1-months supply, down from 4.3 months last August and equal to the national level;Townhome/condominium sales rose 12.3 percent year-over-year, with 457 units sold in 2018 compared to 407 one year earlier*;Leases of single-family homes rose 7.6 percent with the average rent up 3.4 percent to $1,926*;Volume of townhome/condominium leases fell 8.6 percent with the average rent up 5.5 percent to $1,639*.

I read every single post and reply there.

In the Western Chicago Suburbs (Westmont, Villa Park, Wheaton, Lombard, Addison, etc...) there are many apartment buildings located right next to a clustering of all the same exact built buildings, typically each with...

I've also never made a single purchase through assignment.  

I am primarily wondering how to best determine whether a particular single/multi family home would be a good candidate for being self-sufficient each month (outside of unforeseen maintenance & repairs) based on what rent is collected.

We are a single RE investor but the murder/suicide would make no difference to us. 

Whether you plan to build for your retirement through single family holds, multi family, starting a flipping business etc.