I thoroughly understand her concern as someone who also has been a tenant for years and as someone who is concerned about her health and all the negative environmental affects on it, which have real time affect on vitality, disease, and functioning. 

Thank you gentlemen for your time and thorough answers on this.

@Joe Splitrock, thanks for the thorough information.

Of course, thoroughly research the area and specifically the part of the street to see the risky areas to invest and not invest.

My only add on to this is that, never buy on faith, always complete thorough due diligence. - Genius, experience and great advice.

Also be sure to thoroughly read the addendum as this is where the bulk of analysis and explanation takes places. 

So if somene is going to "educate" please be thorough and clearly list what states you are referring. 

The logical/math side of me combined with my willingness to take risk says go for the RE, but I do have a conservative side that gets nervous that I will mess up somehow, even though I'm pretty thorough and diligent when I set my mind to something.

I use MB's SDA everyday and have educated myself pretty thoroughly on it.

Also, I keep coming across the "economic opportunity zones" talk but I cannot seem to find any thorough research.