It seems that what people want for these places, too....these run down, too much work places is just....sigh.  

However, every city needs financing for schools, roads, police etc - that's why people pay for all the infrastructure through the taxes: property taxes are the highest, income tax is very high and almost doesn't reciprocate with your work place city.There are plenty places you can buy in Shaker Hts dirt cheap, Too: for example zip 44120.

That being said you an still get a good deal if you pick up a fixer-upper and can do the work.  Places

My current 1 year plan is this: Use the savings I accrue over the next ~6 months from my Software Engineering position to make a down payment on a 2-4 unit multi family property within a 15 mile radius of my workplace (Shelton, CT), and house hack it!

The third one was particularly interesting and similar to what we see in the workplace as well.Thanks,TomOriginally posted by @Joe Splitrock:Originally posted by @Tom De Napoli:Thanks for your reply, Joe.  

One the most overlooked things that most PMs/leasing agents do when renting out a space is to go generic: posting ads on CraigsList, newspapers, and national listing sites instead of investing the time at the start to think more about what their ideal renter looks like, where they live/work/play, and going after them by advertising where they are, which could be specific workplaces, housing intermediaries assisting folks trying to get back on their feet while providing guaranteed rental income to owners. 

.- Near a lot of workplaces, parks, libraries, malls, etc.- 30-40 min from the beach.- If I did not have to relocate this would be a no brainer.

I literally did and this was going to be my ticket so I could get out of the corporate workplace which I do not fit in well needless to say.

After checking into this she actually moved 25 miles farther from her workplace.

Work places allow pets in the office and in general it's a very pet friendly place.