I found the neighborhoods distinct, development moving throughout, and the parks and running paths on the river to be so engagement friendly.

The upside in these projects is increased value in the eyes of retail buyers OR investors as it relates to cash flowAppreciation can take many forms (long run, forced via improvements, forced via improved management, etc.) and is a valid and viable business model that should be maintained as a separate and distinct business from owning and operating rentals.

Sometimes they would disable the electrical panel as well.I distinctly remember one of my colleagues who did it just because the rent check bounced & he retired a very wealthy man with a lot of 'doors'. 

In that segment I am purchasing homes around $50k and renting for $1000.

I see the IRS regs about rental activities being defined as passive, but I don't see anything about a lower rate.I just see that this "passive activity" distinction subjects us to "passive activity loss rules", which limit our ability to offset other types of income with net passive losses.But even that limitation is negated for us because we fall into the "active participation" exception, so we can offset our regular earned taxable income dollar-for-dollar with losses from our rental (if I understand the regs correctly).

I included average rents, median rents, average days on market, and number of units leased in each segment.

And the unwavering anti-sex offender protesters (while rightfully so in MANY cases) make no distinction between a pedophile, and an old man that slapped a waitress' rear once in a diner 20 years ago (not condoning, but just pointing out it's a WIDE swath). 

Largely looking at multi-family residential but open to thoughts on other segments.   

I am not trying to be difficult, but there is a big distinction.

There are market segments that target people who like real estate investing or people who are going to be moving soon, for instance.