Although there are definitely pockets of poverty, mental health problems, and the non-violent crimes associated with drug addiction.  

While doing my due diligence on a property, I had a public health official tell me that probably at least 50% of the houses in that area would test positive for Meth.

Positive mental attitude is everything.While I have a good credit score, I don't let banks get their hooks in me.  

I am a former environmental, safety and health professional of 27 years in the process of a career change.  

The only personal issue I have with that is, I wanted to adhere to a "pay in cash and don't use credit to fix possible repairs" type of mentality.

On these I pay attention to the area.Multi-family units bring with them an apartment mentality from tenants and can be more labor intensive.

My biggest block (be it mental or actual) is in funding the deals.

I do not have any extra money do to health problems and the lose of a 36 year job.

My name is Kevin; I am a recent college graduate, now working in the health care field, who has just found the amazing resources and tools available here on BiggerPockets and have decided to dive right in!

So our aim is to create a team mentality with the buyers to pursue common vision.