Study after study PROVES that the best place to add a dollar to our economy is UNDOUBTEDLY in the middle to lower class households if the desired affect is to bolster our overall national fiscal health.

If nothing else after having the test run and it is negative great you have a clean bill of health. 

This helps immensely with promoting interconnectedness throughout the area.Lastly, no matter where you're looking, inventory is tight, especially among 3- and 4-family properties.

Make sure you have an emergency fund of at least 3 months' worth of living expenses and good health/home/liability/disability/life/umbrella insurances.  1.  

@Dion DePaoli  f IRS redeems  then I think they have to make you whole plus statuary interest which I was thinking was 9%... but any improvements you do to the home past any that are for health and safety of the home would not be reimbursed.I have bought quite a few at the court house steps over the years with IRS liens I liked them actually because 99% of bidders won't bid on them because they cant backfill right away with their LOC or HML... this lead to some pretty spectacular deals in the day. 

Jon,I have a contact that is retiring from real estate investing because of her health.  

And that asbestos is bad stuff- for your own health and safety, I would deal with it first.

I feel like it could even promote me to never have to tell the tenants that I own the "plex" which I also like that idea.

Keith -  MegaCorporations that are health insurers/hospital/family practice/everythings that gobble up a city and literally buy up all the doctors, change the insurance rules to screw everyone but themselves, and the paperwork...don't get me started.  

There's a good meet up in Philly tomorrow night I'll be at, but inbox me if you want that info because if I post it here it might get flagged for self promotion because it seems that there's more than a few haters on BP that like to do that.