I think for a first timer sticking to the townships is preferable to going downtown where the market is more street to street.

@Benoit Roose My neighbors across the street are from Belgium also.

Better yet, you would gain a lot of street smart experience if you did the managing.

In the just completed fiscal year DPW completed 19 miles of water main replacement and rehab.Over the last decade significant water main failures have occurred on Light Street, Madison Street, Charles Street, Argonne Drive, Dundalk Avenue, Belair Road, Millington Avenue, and even under the Harbor.

There was one on 123 Main street, the price was higher than you wanted to pay.

How you'll get the most out of BiggerPockets is to understand how to navigate through it and understand that it's a two way street.

A little north for a duplex or triplex would be good, check out the area directly north of Old Town or even across the street from the hospital on Mountain View and Hover. 

I flipped a home on 10th street inside the loop and did exactly what you are describing (8 years ago) and created the necessary value. 

In Canton, it can literally vary from street to street on what kind of tenants you'll get.

The business park where they ran that million dollars worth of utilities to is across the street from the property we purchased and the city is all-but giving the land away free to incoming businesses to bring in more jobs to the area.