There are plenty of areas where the real estate market is vibrant such as Barboursville and Teays Valley. 

Cooper-Young, a historic district, offers charming bungalows and a vibrant music scene, drawing young professionals and families.

Such amounts may be out of bounds of creditors.Thinking you can buy a note and obtain a note is not the right thinking, those are tow different interests conveyed, an old saying, once a lender always a lender, meaning that if you buy a note you have no more rights in or to the property or collateral than the original lender.Buying a seller financed note, an equity funded note changes the flavor, equity notes are installment contracts that revert back to a seller, buying one changes the matter to a cash basis to the extent of the price paid, amounts above that may be viewed as equity amounts, not that a borrower evades that part of the obligation but in some cases it may be treated differently, like bankruptcy.Best thinking is to use the collateral to cover the outstanding balance owing, of all loans, plus allowable costs under state law in foreclosure and the excess reverts back as excess equity to the borrower, you get your money back, that's what you're entitled to. :)My Cards aren't doing well.....:)

West Adams has been supposed to gentrify for a long time - beautiful Victorian housing stock, vibrant history, central, convenient to freeways.  

Ask yourself, what you want to drive by in 5 years and say "that's my legacy"...a vibrant, health focused, community gardens, natural foods, artisan cheese (and bread!)

There are different flavors of capital gains.

@Mark LaidfordWelcome aboard the vibrant BP community.

If you do come out, I will buy you a beer and personally introduce you to some of these successful guys so you can get a flavor of the knowledge and skill required to make it big in this market.

There's a number of us in SE MI doing a variety of flavors of investing in various areas.

I’d much prefer to do that in a vibrant city, where I still have a lot of things I can do.