I definitely relate to you, I bought my first 3 family househack in north Leominster last year and have learned a ton of lessons so far.

@Joseph Eversman I grew up in those areas and lived in Morgantown WV and Pittsburgh through much of my 20s and 30s....my perception is that most of the areas you mentioned (south of Pittsburgh) have little appreciation (and risk of depreciation), so if your goal is long term appreciation, those markets probably won't perform very well. ....either way, you'll probably want to look into the relevant market data on appreciation, jobs, population, etc. to make sure......if you're willing to go as far south as WV, I'd suggest checking out Morgantown, or going north to Pittsburgh.

Acquisition target: triplexes in Chicago north of I 290

As @Lane Kawaoka mentioned MUCH MUCH safer to buy higher end and have rents north of 800 per door.. much better quality tenant.. when your talking a 600 or 650 tenant the quality of tenant goes down exponentially .

Personally, I started doing deals in the billboard industry and ended up with a specific passion for self storage so I am continuing to seek out opportunities in north Florida and South Georgia.  

If so is it on the North or South?

I know alot of people are buying homes up north and have great cash flow returns but we want to be in A or B class neighborhoods.  

The payment at 6.75%-7% is a little north of $1,000, and I've lately gotten better rate quotes than that.

I am an active investor in DFW, run a meetup in North Dallas https://www.biggerpockets.com/..., and manage the BiggerPockets Community as my full time job.

We need to remodel several Class B rental units in the suburbs north of Chicago, and are trying to determine whether to go these routes, or with stock cabinets from HD, Lowes, Menards, etc.