In my research I've found that there are a handful of developers who are spending big money to renovate and rehab the downtown area and that the Scranton School Board is under new leadership, allowing the district to finally exit from its "financial recovery" phase.

I live 14 miles south of downtown off of 288.  

IN Oregon. we have very few derelict houses or building very few.the one area north of downtown ( the old warehouse district) most all bigger cities have those areas.. the City put a 10 year tax abatement for repurposing the buildings to residential so buyers did not owe property tax for 10 years. 

Purchase price: $502,000 Cash invested: $100,400 Purchased this single family home located about 1.5 miles from Downtown Houston.

One of these days I may venture downtown to see if anyone is in the office, or if the space is vacated.

I paid 20k for the first lot i bought in Charleston in the poorest neighborhood of downtown..

Another case study is were I have been investing in Charleston SC... on what's called the Peninsula. this area is right next to down town and the Mansion area.. its seeing incredible rebirth.. the area was 95% minority up until about 5 years ago... were properties were and are wasting away could not give them away.. now a nicely rehabbed home sells for 200 to 300 a foot... and I have built 22 new builds there on infill that have all sold at or near 400k to 600k  right next to a hood rat LOL literally.

We have an investment property in downtown SF - the relatively nice and safe SOMA area.

Hi AllI have• 102-Unit Multifamily Redevelopment Opportunity Just East of Downtown Phoenix• Plans Are Approved & Project Can Be Delivered“Shovel Ready” to Allow for a Turn-Key Redevelopment ProjectOffering Price: $4,750,0002.08 Acres | 90,605 LSF$133.08/SFTotal Planned Units: 102Year Built: 1953Does anyone have interest ?

Columbus has become a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.I recommend working with an investor-friendly agent who focuses on cold-outreach methods like cold-calling, cold-texting, etc to bring you off-market deals.