There is a huge difference between east or west of 15th street in Allentown, you need to know the borders of the NIZ, It is possible to get good tenants no matter where you are, but depending on location, it takes more effort to get the good ones, and when I spend more effort, i expect a higher return.If you are looking at center city... 3rd st to 9th, from Chew to Walnut.. that is all tough, unless you have a commercial property in the NIZ.

I fell into real estate in 2007 when I realized that my then-fiance owned two empty homes in the greater Los Angeles area (Pasadena and LaVerne), and he did not have the emotional energy to empty them (difficult family situation; deceased parents), so they just sat there, in gross disrepair.

Allentown property 17 min vs Easton 40 min from homeCrime - The area I was looking into Easton was on the border crossing into Jersey.  

@Mark Pedroza They are very different, if the list provider(s) are honest and accurate about their data.It should be based on stage of ownership, to wit:1) Pre-Probate (a term I coined about 25 years ago) means "deceased owner of record, no probate filed"2) Probate - open case whereby the record title has yet to be complete and title not transferred3) Inheritec - property has either been probated and distributed or other by other method of transfer (joint tenancy, etc.)The wild card is how list providers treat properties held in trust.

If so then that person is in charge of making sure the wishes of the deceased, as expressed in the will, are carried out. 

OK, here's the deal, I'm am responsible for auctioning off all the goods of a deceased owner, family had him declared dead!

Valid ownership goes back to when the title was perfect, even if it's now owned by a deceased person/people or their estates.

That is rule one for the lazy land lord buy small houses it means less work overall,So on to painting If you talk to any experienced old school painter they will tell you that you need to cut in. which is making a border around the ceilings and base boards.this is a very very important step for the lazy land lord because doing this step properly will allow you to use the roller much easier and quickly so you can get home to your couch and the game. but more important it will prevent you from getting paint on the ceilings which will need to be brushed in later brushing in paint on the ceiling is time consuming and tedious so avoiding paint on the ceiling is the lazy landlords first priorityMany old school painters will tell you to get a good cut in brush. but if you are not familiar with painting the cut in brush can take quite a bit of time, to get efficiently good results my solution buy a paint kit that comes with a cut in tool it should look like a rectangular plastic thing a ma jig that has little wheels on one sidethis device allows you to quickly do the border in record time.The secret I found to using this tool is to gently place it on top of your paint so it floats on the surface for about 2 seconds you dont want the wheels getting paint on themjust the applicator I didnt use the pole attachment I think the hand allows more control and gets you up close to the work.

As mentioned by @Ben H. above, the northeastern counties of section R often identify economically and culturally with the Virginia Beach/SE Virginia area, just across the border.

South Capitol borders national stadium on the west, so if you go across the street to the west you are in sw.