The property is also in a desirable location.Do you have any recommendations for legal protection or any professionals you've worked with that you would suggest? 

I can assure you the city demolished a building because of make safe violations that were ignored, not because of a desire to force gentrification.

These properties are not in desirable areas but still seem to cash flow.

Hello everyone, I've done 3 buy and hold rental properties, and now I want to do flips, I need investors and I have some that have shown interest, in addition to speaking to private lenders that are willing to fund 70% of the LTV (based on the desired property)I'm seeing a lot of deals from wholesalers,  but the problem is, some of them close in 2 weeks and some as long as a month, and they don't take conditional offers, and the good ones fly off the shelf really quick.My question is, how does someone like me close one of those deals within this short period, how do you arrange the equity and financing with little to no inspections sometimes even.I'd like to know how do I prepare myself to be able to close one of these good deals right away when they are offered to me and many others?

I'd start looking at properties that are in desirable rental locations.

Hey Ned.While researching on becoming a S8 Landlord, I saw you have to submit an application to each state you desire to become a S8 landlord in? 

I'm assuming if it is an str it is in a desirable area where you will get people who just want it and won't worry as much about how all the numbers work.

Open layouts are highly desirable because they improve the flow of the home and make it feel larger and more modern.

Tenants are typically blue collar and many of them are recently employed by the recent boom in logistics and warehousing that is going on in the area (link below to a video I saw on Twitter that actually calls out Eastern PA warehousing as a desirable investment).There’s definitely a decent amount of investment going on and I’ve seen prices jump even in the past few years so competition is growing as people catch on.https://youtu.be/Yvi4MPHcwj0

It can work, but probably not in the time span you desire.