@Joseph Braunthis is not unique to Baltimore, i think this is a feature of many cities, including most rust belt cities. 

Hi everyone,I'm going to be building a portfolio in Kansas City and at the start, the properties will be multi family targeted at MTRs.Does anyone have recommendations for legal counsel / prep on contracting for those? 

However, if you are an investor involved in multiple cities, you might prefer a lender who is licensed in various locations.

I was thinking I'd buy an acre of land that has city electricy and water available, and pay that off so that it can be used for collateral one house at a time.  

If it were me, I would look at other cities in the Bay Area. 

I of course could get the property re-zoned but that is a long, tedious, and expensive process.I called the city twice about this and both times they told me that with R2-1XL zoning I can have 3 ADUs, 2 detached and 1 attached.

https://www.noradarealestate.com/blog/best-places-to-invest-...The cities on the list that we have invested in the past are Atlanta GA, (Not Atlanta property but some of the surrounding burbs); Dallas Texas; Orlando & Chicago. 

I am sure there are lots of different reasons for it. well they were replaced by those crossing the border 750k out of 42 mil probably not that big of an impact.. traffic is still really heavy I was just there last weekend in the SF bay area no signs of the state looking like some of the dead cities one finds in the rust belt or deep south.

yeah, down in Panama city beach, most places have something similar, charging for parking and you get wrist bands for your stay too, and that is all handled by the complex.

Philadelphia happens to be better positioned than most to absorb life science assets because of the local human capital but look at all of the developments stalled or failing to break ground in University City because the developers can't obtain tenant commitments.