The investors all are going to turn it into something else - low income housing , student dorms, self storage, transient housing, drug treatment, etc.  

A good way for a newbie to understand the variety is to visit a website like Crowd Street, ShareSFR, FinResi etc.

If there was Wall Street and every billionaire would be uniformed against her and pouring out the war chests to combat her.

There is a burned out shell of a building located on a main street near our home.

Just regular ones.It sounds like the consensus is to just put up a second mailbox on the street and label them as A and B.

Street by street scenario really 

It's tough for out-of-towners to compete and find a good deal, but if you're here and can drive the streets in your neighborhoods, do that!

Once you know you can get a loan, then it's time to start hitting the streets and making it real.  

International students pay $3200 for a 5 bedroom house 2 houses from me and a 4 bedroom on my sale street also $3200.

Positioned near land we own on West Concord Street, which is slated for a major development of 12 patio homes and two duplexes, this property is central to a broader strategy of enhancing value and transforming the area.