Hopefully I'll have reasons and properties to upgrade to Pro soon.

If you see walls are broken just make notes on how many sheets of Sheetrock u need, if cabinets are damage you will need to replace.

My friends are all upgrading to their McMansions right now, big mortgages, BIG HOUSES.

Row homes are operate at a fraction of the operating costs/repairs, Philadelphia's tax is a fraction of NJ and the price point is doable.Also, don't rule out a partnership - if you doubled the investment you would upgrade everything.

As a matter of fact I couldn't upgrade my vehicle or replace a furnace on that first freedom number.

The door had been broken along with the sidelights.

Is it a matter of upgrading or is there actual damage?

Likely cause is a broken seal which could have been sealed to stop moisture intrusion to this extent and avoided window replacement.

You can look at it two ways, building of big apartment buildings means that the town is due for growth and will be drawing in a lot of renters and you may be able to charge a good rent, not everyone wants to live in big buildings and would rather rent smaller places but be by everything. the other way to look is that the market will be over saturated with rentals and yours would need to stand out, how do you market it, do you lower rent to draw the people or do you fix it up and heavily advertise it to try and stand out. i think if you invest in those areas you need to upgrade and advertise, appeal the class of people they are trying to draw to the area, may be worth finding out who the developer is and asking them what market they are targeting, if they will share with you that info.

I am new but I see great value in these upgrades and in taking money from the utility companies to do it with.