I'm making this purchase so that I can enjoy communicating with my network, take better pictures, and be more productive than on the cheap and slow phone I have now.Also, I love Craigslist.

40-50X rent for cheap rentals in badish areas. 

You find a cheap home for sale.

All of the properties I have found so far that I might be able to buy and flip are really cheap but they are in areas where there is more crime than other parts of the city.

At this point, we're looking to go beyond nice landscaping and rehabbing on the cheap simply because it's akin to a bandaid approach to fixing something.  

I buy the cheap ones from Home Depot. 

Those sheds are so cheap though - literally $400-$500.

Need reliable and cheap architectural survey done .

Mostly investors buying up and renting out...However i dont want to diiscourage you because Merillville is a great place to invest and its fairly cheap...and also i love to connect with you, its rare i see anyone on here from Merrillville Area...

I may settle for B+ but I would not go any lower.For this type of tenant I need an A-B+ class property but these properties are overpriced and the rents for them are not high enough to produce good cashflow.If I move to B-,C territory, I can buy some cheap properties but they would still be cheap after rehab and attract only low quality tenants.So, my requirements contradict each other.