Are they hiring dirt cheap and then marking up the price like you are paying a full time pro?

I invest strictly for cash flow and buy CHEAP homes all the time.

I started to study the Kansas City market, and although I found the older neighborhoods charming (and dirt cheap), with their small town America feel and huge lots, many of the schools have terrible ratings, with the basic test scores in the pits, and bullying and disrespect for teachers rampant (tho that's pretty standard now). 

So if we have to move we could rent temporarily in cheap military housing then get another duplex?

Google News search on Englewood brings up a lot of articles about drive by shootings , a delivery driver robbed at gunpoint and tied up , guy shot during home invasion , boy shot by stray bullet , man shot sitting in a car , 20 year old woman shot while driving .

Scranton has a few universities there, but i do not think it is known for getting high rents. although 6 bedrooms would only give you 250 / room, which is cheap for a student rental.

These would be all cash purchases, just wondering why some of them are so cheap relative to the rest.

So we all know that Baltimore City certain areas are cheap.

Nothing is ever 100% but I have tons of friends who would love the opportunity to live for fairly cheap so I have plenty of backup options in case someone bails!

For rentals I like cheap, If I am replacing something or fixing something for a tenant who has been with me over a year I will get something a little better than the cheapest.