I must say the Dear Doctor may be a minority himself. It could also be the case that I grew up near these areas. In addition, guess who is hurt the most by unaffordable housing? Minorities. Plus, 90 percent of the country is looking at these homes and will be thinking “$500,000 for 500 square feet” and this person is in a poor person’s neighborhood? Who else is addressing this issue? Not anyone in the mainstream media.

I appreciate your comment but I’m calling it like I see it. In addition, you can find many blogs and mainstream articles firing off about affluent areas looking at the wealthy and how overly priced the homes in their area have gotten, that is not the niche I am looking at. The main thesis of Real Homes of Genius is looking at poorer/middle class areas in Southern California and how unaffordable housing is in the said area. Poor and middle class areas in the Midwest also exist except their housing prices are $50,000 for a home, not $500,000.

I’m not into political correctness at all, but as a person that grew up in working class neighborhoods like those being lambasted here, I feel that these are inaccurate descriptions and characterizations being made by people that probably don’t know these neighborhoods, other than what they see on TV.

And also, there are real homes of genius in affluent neighborhoods, as well. I.e., 800K for post-WII GI homes in Sherman Oaks. I would appreciate hearing about those, too. No need to dump on the ghetto all the time.

Of course there is a lot more to being a landlord than people realize, but it can still produce great income streams.