Benefits for us, this would give us options down the road for an EDU or possible home expansion.

The Rybovich expansion, Marina Village etc.

Retail properties can be very lucrative but you have to know what to watch out for.Warm belt states tend to have more expansive growth and if a space goes dark if under 10k sq ft in size there is generally a waiting list of tenants to go in in desirable areas if your location is good and rents are reasonable for the market.

I know a lot of people CLAIM that title but I look around at the congress and see people who voted for TWO UNFUNDED WARS, for an UNFUNDED MEDICARE EXPANSION/BIG PHARMA SUBSIDY, for two UNFUNDED TAX CUTS.At the local level I see pols who claim the title but then vote for giveaways for SPORTS STADIUMS, privatizing government functions (trash collection, parking meters, road building) and then allow the monopolies that buy those functions UNLIMITED AUTHORITY TO RAISE RATES.If you know of ONE give me their name.Frank

Brian, I agree the government has encouraged home ownership expansion for the past decade resulting in less restrictive mortgage qualifications.

BTW, you don't want windows fitting tightly, while an inch and a half is about as big as it goes, a gap allows for expansion and contraction of the wood and windows.

And the school is in a rapid expansion stage with several new buildings completed, new student housing, city-university partnerships and more stuff in the works.

John nice job.Deals are everywhere an associate bought one for 4K put 1K into it had it sold in 24 hrs. for 10K Another associate just got a 49 unit Park it has expansion prep to 116 units. 7K cashflow per month 3x more when expansion completed.

There are other parts of North Philly and even old kensington that investors will make a bundle of money because though down for many decades they are making a come back in property value due to Temple Univ aggressive expansion.

Secondly, there should have been an expansion gap provided during install.