My process involves two steps.

I am looking to make a couple connections now during the moving process.

Its relatively easy to manage the process once you do it a couple times.   

Quote from @Kadeem Kamal: I’m starting the process of doing a 1031 where I’ll get about 300k to put towards the the next property.

The following is the thought process on a house we looked at in Italy over Xmas.  

Then it's just a matter of finding your next flip and rinse/repeat the process.

It's forever destroyed by the process of securitization.

If you need to obtain it, how difficult will that process be?  

Quote from @Sami Gren: I start by making the original tenant fill out a form requesting to add a new renter, and they pay me a $50 processing fee (I charge a $50 fee any time I make changes to an existing lease). 

In a city like Philly, you will face many challenges - you need to learn the market and know the neighborhood and the block and make sure all of your numbers are within reason, you need very reliable contractors, you need a to understand the permit process, you need to be familiar with market expectations.