Mount Snow also offers some good returns.  

That is one of my biggest motivations and motor to be able to change my invested money for some freedom. 

If you want something more affordable but still solid areas I would consider - Upper NE Philly, Roxborough/manayunk, and West and part of East mount airy. 

However, the Most alarming thing is they have allowed the water bill (they pay for all utilities, but the city bills the water to me) to mount over $2k over the last several months.

Perhaps not a trend to consider across the city but any neighborhood that would attract college educated young professional families seems to be a good bet if you wanted to focus on this asset type.I plan to build 12 townhomes as a second phase of a condo/townhome project in a good area of Mount Airy near the Chestnut Hill boarder and even though I’m likely to years away from being ready to begin phase 2, my current plans are to keep the 12 homes as rentals for the precise reasons I outlined above.  

Mount it on the back porch and have a shooting range if there is enough acreage. 

Building owners decided the unpaid rent mounting at their properties had become too much.

Looked into getting the gate motorized with keypads on both sides for ~5k.

Based in New York, my work-life spans across New York City and Long Island while I reside in Mount Vernon, Westchester County.I’m diving deep into real estate investing, working on building my knowledge first and my portfolio later.

To want something "so much" sounds great in movies but in real life it does nothing alone, it's fuel without a motor.