Almost the entire street is apartment buildings.

An example of a property I recently looked at in Torrington is a 3 family with off street parking, a 2 car garage and a shared driveway with 2 other properties, older home but it is well maintained.

The property is located, literally, across the street from the campus core.  

There are new houses being sold down the street for 30k more than mine, will they get factored in the assessment instead of my neighbors?

Within a couple months I had began to know every street in Alamogordo like the back of my hand and how to find anything on the county property accessor website.

Shaker Heights is good but it can be street by street and some of the border areas could be a problem.Overall there are some great investment opportunities here but like many big cities there are pockets of both good and bad. 

There's definitely areas and streets that have run down homes and my goal is to purchase them and fix them up and make them into QUALITY rentals.

Stay North of Spring Street.

I have seen how ...patchy... the areas can be when you can have good and bad streets next to each other which has been a bit interesting. 

Knowledge is the most important resource you can accumulate. mentors are a 2 way street, find out what value you can provide in exchange for education/experience.