Directly across the street the rent for the condos are 1500 to 1700 a month.

Those are just a couple ways I find property owners.When you do get your first house, follow "The rule of 3" and talk to the person to the left, right, and across the street.

Our hopes are to sell the units individually as the area has very little in the way of starter home priced properties, but is extremely popular because of the excellent school district and high quality community.We are considering flipping the standard "one road" site plan and instead running a one-way street around the back of the units and facing them all into a common green space (pocket neighborhood style).

There are a lot of multi-family buildings on the street, but I don't know if mine will fit within the 12.5% cap.

Check to see if you have to install any manholes, fire hydrants, curb, gutter, sidewalks, street signs, street lighting any specific street design or access requirements, Check DOT requirements for access, stop lights and permits, traffic studies, DWQ requirements for permits, permit fees and time frames.Once you have an idea of what you can build and what is required in terms of permitting and infrastructure you want to talk to some civil engineers and commercial general contractors that do the type of projects and build the type of buildings you want to build so you can get an idea of costs, time frame and requirements.

The city mentioned the tenants missed multiple payments so the city turned off the water from the street.

Here is a standard for 900-1200 sqft row homes in Philly depending on the neighborhood and assuming nothing is wrong with the foundation:South Philly/West Philly West of 52nd Street: 75-85k (contingent upon underpinning basement which is big expense)-Complete gut, redo electric and plumbing, dig the basement, redo everything, Central AC, turn a 3/1 into a 3/2 or 2/2 w/ a master suite higher-end finishes, touch facade.Germantown Close to Germantown Ave/ Cobbs Creek/ West Oak Lane Close to Cheltenham / Better pockets of Olney: 60-70k-same as above but you do not necessarily have to underpin the basement.

You could have a water main leak in the ground going to the building or a bad meter reader at the street where it connects to a cities main.

Then hit the streets and get deals under contract.

The good and bad areas really vary street by street.