There are a bunch of different ways that you can qualify for the abatement....http://www.phila.gov/OPA/AbatementsExemptions/Page...There are business development zones that have additional government assistance called Keystone Opportunity Zones, but I don't know much about that expect that they are near the Navy Yard and by 30th and Market.I don't have any real estate investments in Philly.

Just looking at this navy federal military choice loan as an option after the VA loan entitlement has been used up.

@Tyson Bumgarner My husband is active duty Navy.

I am a Southern California native, but I have moved around some due to the military (Navy Veteran, Hooyah!)

Hey Account Closed - I saw from your picture that you saved in Navy, really appreciate your service!

I know how much each apt can rent and I know each expense.Not only do I know that, I also can very much PREDICT the rental increases and the Expense increases.I have a saying, if you can PREDICT it, you can PROFIT from it.But if you can't predict it, you are shooting blindly in the dark.One of the things about NYC that I absolutely do is examine the major Real Estate Projects in a target area.If there are not at least 3 positive developments, for instance, in the Clinton Hill area where I invested in the above example, there were: 1) Barclay's Stadium and a LOT of other planned buildings called Atlantic Yards2) The rebuilding of the World Trade centers which would have thousands of high paid employees within reach of Clinton Hill3) The Navy Yard, which expanded with billions of investments, including Steiner Movie Studios and a whole bunch of other businessesPLUS A LOT MORE.Then there were the replacement of "poor" stores, like Dollar Stores and others of that nature with Artistic Coffee shops, eventually Starbucks opened.There are so many clues that help you that it is soooooo surprising how I keep hearing from people that you can't predict the future... and yet it slaps you in the face and they still think you can't predict it.I try to tell people that even a squirrel understands how to predict the future otherwise he would starve to death by the time the winter comes and he never buried his nuts where he can get to it!

I have a heloc at 95% LTV with Navy Federal.

@Travis Schreiber I would agree with Gavin in regards to the river area, but if everything long term goes well with expansion and the “navy pier” bay beach area, I could see the low income properties east of tower drive bridge gaining some value.

I got an old navy card too.

I had a hard conversation with myself and thought my hard reset was going to be enlisting in the Navy.