I think the Beltline will transform the Westside, it just may take a little longer than the Eastside given the types and wealth of neighborhoods just outside the Beltline that already existed prior to the Beltline going in...

@Joe Villeneuve - I genuinely appreciate your time explaining the investing and real estate concepts we discussed. 

What made me sign up and become a part of this community is the unique atmosphere of genuine good natured people.

It has been rehabbed and transformed into a 3 bedroom house.

If it's anything like the small town theatres in my part of Oklahoma it would need a lot of work to be transformed to an apartment complex and that's only if there aren't zoning restrictions.

I found Bigger Pockets in my search for genuine education about investing in real estate that didn't come with a sales pitch.

But we should also remember that exurban areas got clobbered in the 2008 collapse, and we are definitely having another correction in the next 2-5 years.The Albany area could be interesting, because it has arrested its population decline and the state is investing major resources in transforming the area into a nano tech hub.  

I responded that he can reasonably expect of the next sixteen homes, four would be genuine giant winners, four would be profitable flips, four would be cash break even investments, and four would be flops.

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So that is y they tore it up so bad, so he wouldnt make any rent off of their misfourune, they didnt have.much and wad genuinely tryin to do their child right as well.