For those in the know & the ability to "peel back the onion", there are immense potential opportunities!

Hi I'm a South African currently living in the Netherlands.

The difference can be significant- it certainly has been in San Francisco.2- as for gentrification itself, the irony is not lost on me that a well educated African American woman should not improve a neighborhood:)  you can think of yourself as a positive example for an impoverished community.

Philadelphia is a great city, immense with opportunity and extremely proud of its various neighborhoods, all of which have their own challenges and benefits.

There is immense value in your site and your services.

A few action steps you can take immediately:1)  EDUCATION & CONNECT: Believe me, you haven't watched enough videos and books, BUT without any CONTEXT (which only comes from real-world experience) most of the information/knowledge you're consuming is LOST on you and the seeming immensity of it all is potentially weighing you down preventing you from taking any action at all.Mistakes are inevitable.

Have I learned an immense amount of valuable experience?

However, if the swarm is Africanized, then they may be more aggressive than the average bee, in which case this would explain people getting stung that aren't bothering the colony.  

Perhaps special legislation was passed because, if possible, it would alleviate FEMA's burden immensely if a large percentage of people are able to have a means of finding a new home themselves as opposed to overwhelming the limited FEMA capabilities. 

There are immense differences between successfully building and running a B-class turnkey buy-and-hold rental portfolio out of state and doing the same with a C/D-class high-cash-flow/low-appreciation low-income rental portfolio in your own area.