In the next 5 years they will have a nice landscaped downtown with public art, high end stores, nice facilities. 

Tables, couch, chairs, beds, bedding, lamps, art, towels....it all adds up.

Thanks Betty; I'll send over the pics to your signature emailArt Allen Great points Art and brings out a bigger point that a broker/contractor/financed flipper can do this at a better margin that someone whose not.

https://www.houston.org/assets/pdf/economy/Employm...The Partnership’s forecast calls for job growth in 14 sectors: manufacturing; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation, warehousing and utilities; finance and insurance; real estate; business, professional and technical services; educational services; health care; administrative services; arts and entertainment; accommodation and food services; other services; and government.

And if your looking to invest in gentrification....we’ll thats more an art then science   I’ve had a tremendous amount of success with it.

Liberal arts classes are a lot better if you really like them and are not taking them because you need them.  

I'm balancing a few factors, and would like some outside input.Medfield/Woodberry:-Medium-sized 3/2 rowhouses in the low $200s, many unrenovated - I'd call it a solidly lower middle class neighborhood, generally pretty relaxed and low-key-Walking distance to Hampden, Roland Park (one of the more $$$ neighborhoods in Bmore), a little further up the 83 from central Bmore/downtown-Very green, safe(r), parks, residential-Apparently has a good school districtBarclay/Station North:-Mixed residential and retail, "arts district", walking distance to Amtrak/Marc Penn Station-Not as safe.

It took a while to master the art. 

Or, you can treat this as a (hopefully) non-expensive TRAINING lesson in the art of negotiating / due diligence (and flipping) - and you'll know better next time, right?

If you're very happy about your building's exceptionally low maintenance and don't mind that its lobby looks like a time capsule from the 1970s, you probably don't want new neighbors who want to spend the co-op's money to renovate it.If you’re an artist who needs a large, high-ceilinged space to make art but who isn’t rich and famous yet, you may not want to spend money on amenities like roof decks and exercise rooms.