I’d recommend being extra selective on the street level, even within a C or D area; one block can feel completely different than the next.

In Chicagoland, be block-by-block: verify rents, taxes, utilities, and landlord rules with a local PM before offering, and favor clean, light value-add over heavy rehabs on the first two.

Live in the best neighborhood you can and buy the worst house on the block.

They're usually the youngest common newest kids on the Block.

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Regarding your first block in the flow chart, what data points do you use or find helpful to determine the inflation comparison?

I really like 3 bed 2 bath smallish block/stucco or brick houses to start with as rentals. 

The home is about 1 block to the beach...About 300 people, most of which have lived there their entire lives and  are retired, still believe it still is an old PG&E plant that went off line many years back. 

Do buyers no want blocks?

Watch out for expansive soil in the Bay Area - it creates foundation issues if not properly drained.