I had something like this years ago - it was in Commerce City - It was house on light industrial zoning, there were houses up and down the block with the same zoning.

If you are doing a buy and hold strategy then I share you pain about people driving up the price.

This makes spreading out some of my expenses (internet, meals, etc.) a pain.

Not sure how it got to that point but I usually see things like this happen when the investor doesn't take time to weed out all the decision makers and/or fail to align the benefits of their offer with the seller's pain points (motivation) in an easy to understand way. 

Hey how are you Tom Ott thanks for taking the time out to read my post I'm already in the process of looking at multiple properties but my stumbling block at the moment is trying to get in contact with the owner of a vacant property I'm not sure of the measures that's required and or if I have to pay for that information..your feedback is greatly appreciated, once again thank you

. - a couple blocks S. of Oklahoma - still a good neighborhood and in Milw for all those city/school employees.

I want to buy something which will hopefully rent fairly easily before I move on to something more challenging.I have run the numbers and found a few properties that I believe are a good deal in a fairly safe neighborhood, although I plan to visit these before buying as I know Baltimore varies on a block-by-block basis. 

It was a pain to buy the 2 flat to begin with.

Hello BP community.I don't know the condition of these walls other than new pain was applied two months ago.

The Lakewood area southeast of campus has gotten expensive but 2 blocks east are some bargains.