The 4% and 6% rates are just the names given to differentiate commercial and owner-occupied.The 6% rate is obviously significantly high, but it's fairly average nationally.

They are in lower socioeconomic communities with higher than average crime rates.

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.

First one defaulted and keep in mind they were maybe 8k a month positive.. average payment was 1.2 on the underlying sub to note. 

While I think I might have paid slightly above the average price, I’m happy with the installation and impressed with how quickly the installers resolved the issue.

I'd be looking at multiple structures. we try to build below the average new build cost in our market in Columbus Ohio which is 515,000 last year and we target land 40-50k and urban core adjacent where we get higher price per square foot. we build for clients with margin around $190 a sq ft depending on multi or single. we can get that down in our triplex it's a little higher on our single family homes because of garages and limited economies of scale. hope that helps. idk Philly but if you show me the area and styles of homes I can give you some more insights. 

Average profit on a trailer park is between 10-15 percent .

It's been a rental for the past 4+ years and makes on average $400-$600/mth Lessons learned?

HUD targets average rents for an area, so just like average school grades, this typically translates to Class C property rents.In our Metro Detroit market, the MAJORITY of the claims about getting higher than market rents can be traced to a Class D Neighborhood/Property. 

Average rental rates, vacancies, competition, growth, appreciation, etc..Ive heard of scrolling through Zillow and collecting information by looking at properties for sale/rent but was wondering if there is a site where all of this information is easily accessible or any ideas for better ways to go about it.Thanks in advance!