When I asked why I was paying for a service fee during a period where I never turned on service, the customer service person explained that even if I didn't have service turned on, and there was no usage, there is a monthly fee for the line that runs from the street to my house so that when I reconnect, they don't have to rip up the ground and put in a new line.To me this sounded ridiculous and the power and gas companies are not charging any such fees. 

A rental in SD 1 (A -C rating) will always have higher demand (and usually higher rent) than the rental down the street in SD 2 (D - F).

You see a house on google street view, bid like there is a house there, and you bid your $50,000 minimum bid up to $100,000 for your $200,000 house. 

AI is becoming a game-changer in real estate, and one of the coolest ways we use it at DealMachine is to analyze property images to detect signs of distress—straight from Google Street View.Instead of relying on manually spotting potential deals, our AI can scan publicly available images and flag properties with indicators like:✅ Overgrown grass✅ Boarded-up windows✅ Roof damage✅ Neglected exteriorYou make the list and you tell AI to look at the images in your list.This makes finding distressed properties way faster and more automated, helping investors focus their efforts on leads with the highest potential.AI also summarized your conversations with sellers in the DealMachine dialer, takes notes, and tells you what to say during the conversation.Hope this helps!

The property is a duplex on a street entirely full of duplexes and even a triplex or two. 

Each block/street of Philadelphia is different so you really have to target somewhere and learn the in's and out's of that specific area.

so if you're looking at 123 main street you wouldn't use it because you already have a specific property identified.that's all.

Fifth Street Property Management 

We got our start with a 3-unit house hack in Downtown Saint Augustine just off King Street.

Rental Property Loan Request Package - March 2025 Street Address Bed/ Bath/ Sq Ft Purchase Price Auction Fee's & Taxes Estimated Reno Cost Cost Basis Loan Request ARV Property 1 3/1 1008 24,750.00 2,830.26 77,500.00 105,080.26 78,810.20 Approx. 100K Property 2 2/1 1065 16,000.00 2,369.40 37,500.00 55,869.40 41,902.05 Approx. 80K Property 3 3/1 1189 24,750.00 3,070.49 58,560.00 86,380.49 64,785.37 Approx. 100K Property 4 2/1 793 32,250.00 4,056.79 37,000.00 73,306.79 54,980.09 Approx. 80K Loan Request Summary Total Cost Basis: 320,636.94 Loan Request (75% LTV): 240,477.71 Total ARV: Approx.360, 000 Annual Financial Projections Rental Income Property Tax Insurance Maintenance / Vacancy Estimated Mortgage (15 Fixed 8%) 17,076.00 -1,577.00 -498.00 -1,704.00 -27,600.00 13,404.00 -1,375.00 -601.00 -1,340.00 17,076.00 -1,150.00 -651.00 -1,704.00 13,404.00 -1,365.00 -531.00 -1,340.00 Financial Summary Total Annual Income: 60,960.00 Total Annual Expenses: -41,436.00 Annual Profit: 19,524.00 Cash Investment: 110,076.94 COCROI: 17.74%  My recommendation would be to sell all of the properties and buy properties that have an ARV of atleast $150k so you can get 30 year financing on them.