Now the question of how far would I go away from the 54th block for the higher class renter?

I live blocks away from the hospital and it's about 15 minutes away from Craddock.There aren't a lot of comps that I saw, but I think that Portsmouth's political climate right now is not conducive to high real estate prices.  

As of write now I'm in the process of making an offer on a home but hit a road block.

a couple of things stand out to me .Bottom picture : It looks like Slab walls under the Blocks has cracks and shifted .

There are times when the owner in foreclosure will cause problems to the house he is about to be evicted from;  cement in the toilet, crossing electrical,wires, blocking the waste vent pipe...etc. discovering these problem and making an offer to the lender with pictures and a contractors inspection report will help the investor acquire the REO.Charles

That one might have a blockage from minerals, sediment etc and might not longer be effective and it appears to be a loss of water pressure when its really just a blocked up shower head. 

This results in wildly varying values on the same block.

I am willing to use my background in rehabbing and remodeling as a building block.

I'm just getting started here in the Atlanta area as well, and it's good not to be the only newbie on the block.  

Tonight's topic will be "Back to the Basics" Here's an exert from the email: "Join us Thursday night to either learn or refresh your memory on some of the basic building blocks of real estate investing.