I'd recommend using that in combination with opinions of others and some on-market browsing to find your target areas.

This just means that 75% of the rents of all units (all 3 or all 4 of the units) must be equal to or greater than your entire monthly payment to ensure FHA will be sufficient should anything happen to your ability to pay for this property (if they take it back the property as a foreclosure/REO).In more expensive west or east coast markets it will be hard to make the FHA SS rule right now given that the rates are in the 6-7% range so I would recommend targeting 1-2 unit FHA properties. 

Acquisition target: triplexes in Chicago north of I 290

If I've missed something in one of the guides or forums, feel free to send me a link.Home prices in our area have started to come down and we are targeting to try and purchase at the end of this year. 

This is probably what they are targeting.

@Rudolph SmithWhat areas do you plan on targeting for multi family, hard market for multi in JOCO.

David,My agent has been the best at finding buy and hold property that perfectly fits my target numbers. 

If you haven't yet- be sure to setup some "Keyword Alerts" to get into conversation in your target area.Seeya around!

Once those numbers fall off, we could be on 12 month 2% target again much faster than the Fed is forecasting. 

Buying a property that targets the wrong tenant pool can cost you a lot.Find a segment with a high concentration of dependable tenants.The only source for such hyper-local segment information is local property managers.