In Atlanta there are several examples where certain streets have expensive homes and the other streets are complete war zones within a few blocks.

(unintentionally accomplished a live in flip 2 years ago) Finding the deals has been easy, working with low/no money down has been the road block so far.

He had a new block put in under the back side entrances in the last couple of years.

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San Jose CA is a classic example of this, they have some of the highest property prices and rents in the country and thousands of acres 5 minutes to the south that they block from development.  

Don't know what to do when you hit a block, search on the forums.

It's a couple of blocks just north of Dunbar-Pulaski Middle school by Central Avenue.  

Hey folks,I have couple questions: I'm new on this and during my initial marketing I found a house (built in 1952, 1196 total sqft, 3b/1b, lot 0.34 acres) in distress (it needs to be rehabbed, new roof, new windows, a couple of foundation problems and right now it is empty), this used to be a house but now the land is ruled as commercial, it is on a busy street in front of a little gas station, and few houses from the same block have started to be used as commercial.My questions are, how do you start analyzing a deal like this, where an old house is sitting on a commercial land?

I cannot add much to what @Justin Hawker said, except for that location is only several blocks away from St.

It's a way to block you out of the deal.No legal advice given.