There’s a large apartment (a few hundred units) being expanded 3 blocks away.It’s 4 blocks away from a major university health center (and embassy suites for hospital visitors) and 2 miles from another hospital (possible travel nurse MTR potential).

Myrtle Beach is a great area.You will need to be several blocks, or more, from the beach at that price point.A  fixer upper would get the price down some.

Block their phone number.

Trade secret: Block and pier is an acceptable foundation for many permenant foundations.

I have the opportunity to buy a distressed property 3 blocks from the beach in the Torrance area.   

It also lessens my time to show the property because they call come in the same time block.

Cement block construction works great. 

It's like living in the Soviet Block in 1970.I advise against investing in HOAs because there are too many problems.

Its an ok neighborhood - lots of people who have lived on the block for a long time.

He can estimate what we spent, I wouldn't want him to have to try and justify a 40k markup, we were already the most expensive house on the block.