Hi:I just purchased as SFR (rental) in Moss Landing, CA a couple blocks from the beach.  

The "nicer" areas of Union City are generally considered to be the more northern areas (like 30th St and north) and further east (along Palisade or Park), but, like many cities, it's very block-to-block.

There are areas in Baltimore I would have no trouble investing in, but there are other areas, where most of the investors are that I wouldnt invest in...and it can be hard to tell on a map from long distance away how things change literally block to block in Baltimore.  

Hello all I'm the new kid on the block with something that's on my mind and I wanted to share it with you all.I was looking on line for deals and I came across a property that's going for $75,000.

Not enough information to voice an opinion, but a few things I personally would need to know before I would make a decision on a similar property are - what is the market trend for that block ?

This house was the smallest on the block which is exactly what you want. 

Louis 1-2 blocks can turn a great investment into something terrible, and vice versa. 

After the plumber snaked it he installed the stopper (since there wasn't one before) and we wanted to make sure that it wouldn't get blocked up again.

Having a license is NOT an encumbrance or road block to investing in real estate, unless you plan on doing things that are illegal or unethical, there are "those" "investors".A broker's license adds a bit more credibility to your business card, in reality that's about it as you are assumed to have greater knowledge than an agent in the public's eyes.

You could have a million dollar house next within a block of a four hundred thousand dollar house.