Some neighborhoods such as Fishtown, Northern Liberties and the surrounding areas are struggling with absorption because of an influx of new housing that was built over the course of the past few years.

These, of course, are much more of an up front investment and lots more research and work.

If not, then of course the seller is free to do it. 

Sometimes you buy low, sometimes you buy high.But as long as you stay in the market, you benefit from the tendency of the market to go up over time.People think of buying a house as this one time thing, but it’s actually more likely that you will buy, sell, refinance a few times over the course of 30 to 60 years.

Your eligibility applies to owner-occupied and investment properties, but you will want to check with a lender who is a specialist in VA loans.

If your satisfied with breaking even +/- a couple hundred dollars I think we can certainly find you something in this area but of course your cash flow numbers depend highly on your loan type, interest rate, and percent down. 

The gurus are selling $5,000 courses on how to do Section 8.

Of course, I had learned to play by the rules a little better by then. :)

Of course, if your landlord wants to go through with a court appearance, it sounds like you'll be in good shape to win.

I would draw a circle around 30 minutes of you in all directions (not into the water of course) and then 60 minutes and run some data there first before packing your money up to ship off to a market you don't know.