I'm also charging less than Rentometer suggests I should.There are a few equally nice units a few blocks away that charge comparable rent.

Then you have to go to the county house to get the correct addresses or Thomas Guide map/block and go drive by.

I make curtains a tenant responsibility so there's no cleaning/cost involved and the Tenant can choose their own colors and decorate the bathroom a little.

I hope someone else can find inspiration by my story or if you are in similar situation maybe you can take part of what i did and run with it like a pair of scissors in your hand cutting through the mess thats blocking you. 

You'll want to saturate that subfloor with some enzymatic cleaner and possibly some odor blocking paint thereafter if it smells really bad. 

I guess the road block is just finding the deals and some confidence/experience.

Looks like you're in great company, your dad may be able to help you avoid some of the typical stumbling blocks that new investors encounter. 

To invest well in Philly, you have to know block by block where the changes are and where the value is going.

I have a 3/2.5 block house with new roof 2024 On paper 2000 sq does not include 400 sq closed in Florida room with central air.

Owner shall pay, except as provided elsewhere in thisAgreement, all expenses incurred by the Agent, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees and Agent’s costs andtime in connection with any claim, proceeding, or suit involving an alleged violation by the Agent or Owner, or both, of any lawpertaining to fair employment, fair credit reporting, environmental protection, rent control, taxes, or fair housing, including, butnot limited to, any law prohibiting, or making illegal, discrimination on the basis of race, sex, creed, color, religion, national origin,age, marital status, or mental or physical handicap, provided, however, that the Owner shall not be responsible to the Agent forany expenses in the event that Agent is finally adjudicated to have personally, and not in a representative capacity, violated anysuch law, unless such acts and or omissions are outside the course and scope of Agent’s duties hereunder.