There are also several nice condo and townhouse communities near downtown and Castro Valley border.  

All my research indicates 35068 is a A-/B+ area, but this street lies on the border on Tarrant, which is a C area and based on proximity, it may even be zoned for Tarrant middle school/high.

I am going to go to borders tomorow any good negotiating books?

We have Canadians calling us often for better deals south of the border (although the low CDN dollar has slowed that down right now).

Therefore, in the constitution of 1910 I believe, Mexico forbade foreign ownership of property within 31 miles of the coasts and 62 miles from the international borders.

Meh, not so much.. with lots of cross border hurdles and red tape it is proving to be a pain in the ***. 

The Library is the poor mans college along with Border's & Books a Million!

I live in a border city, am looking to invest on both sides of the border, and would like to ask family from out of either state.  

Not a lot of qualified tenants, and not worth the carrying cost of a house that can be broken into and vandalized.I could over time purchase the whole street, and work with the city to annex the lots into the city, currently in the county, but borders the city limits.

If it does not border me with the periodic unload process, then I will continue buying/placing more of them knowing that I will transition to an automatic (card system) at some point in the future.