@Jordan Grimstad,The thing about higher-crime areas, that i think the majority of investors don't get, is it requires significantly more common sense than regular investments.  

We have three things in common.

Hello Landlords and Property Managers of BP,I have been working on a research project for a while to look at how common and alternative screening methods predict different aspects of what I'm calling Tenant Performance (including Payments, Vacating, Maintenance, Cleaning, Interactions with Landlords, and Causing Damages).

Because that would go to my "go-to"  Realtor/investor.Something else I'd like to mention, just because financing has been brought up, I dont know if it is a common occurrence or not but I met a Hard money lender who said she would loan on my Stock market portfolio.

- What are some common pitfalls that a lender finds themselves in?

However regionally that might not be as common.

It's very common for folks in California to have the exact problem you are facing right now.

I have a 5 br house that would would rent as a unit for $2k per month but I get 3k+ per month because I rent out each bedroom on a long term lease and furnish the common area.

I was looking around it's quite common to buy documentation online.

On common names like John Smith etc not accurate.