Frankly, there is a laundry list of items that make Atlantic City, and NJ as a whole, undesirable for investment but we're being very conservative.....buying for cash flow now in areas that have the greatest likelihood for appreciation. 

@Eric James undesirable land, Along with crime rate

However in saying so, I don't want to build a bad property with an undesirable floorplan.

This parcel has some unique challenges that may make it undesirable. 

Those questions should be made to weed an undesirables out.

Otherwise, you could end up in an undesirable living situation.Hope that helps, best of luck!

The issue for BP readers and many is that with the free fall of Detroit proper RE prices it brought in the undesirable from the US marketing companies partnering with GB or AU marketing companies sending over pretty pictures of this cute Detroit bungalow for 75k that they just bought for 5k and put 10k into.... there was a lot of significant profiteering and then of course the management issue you speak of are legendary... having all these homes sold to foreigners and out of state folks that eventually give up.. .does not help either does not help the area and certainly does not help the investor.. then the locals who know what they are doing live it and breath it every day they swoop in and pick up the great deals...

Hello BP, I need advise as to how to go about this. I have a duplex close in an ok neighborhood. Unfortunately, the house next door went into foreclosure and is now filled with people who sit outside all day, drinking...

You don't want to get stuck with "undesireables" in your place.

I think the key here, is finding a solution or tweaking your current solution so that it is UNDESIRABLE for them to walk away.