We have an 80 lb German Shepherd dog she has grown up in the house and our wood may not be perfect but certainly OK. 

UST inverted worse since 1980, Euro$ most ever, German Bonds most inverted ever and only 2nd time in history the first time being '08.

Also I have a German Shepherd, and I have to let the dog acclimate to each guest and this alone proves to be a huge pain.

When i lived in Germany we had pvc flooring and it was amazing it looked like real wood and it was extremely durable I had a huge german Shepard and i never once saw a scratch in the floor.

Hungarian Village might be considered 'C', but is negligible in distance to downtown/German Village from 'B' Merion Village or Southern Orchards; it's also one of the next areas to rise considerably in value.Yes, there are clear areas with lowest incomes, values, most crime, poorest transit, etc. - beyond that, there is a lot of opportunity even in areas that many would write off.

I had a german shepard and my daughter had a Aussie shepard both were intimidating when the door bell rang :)  

From what I've seen you won't be able to get into the Grandviews and German Villages of Columbus and have cash flow.

Hey @Melvin German iii - welcome to BP!

In a thread about whether someone in NY should be investing in Philly and whether house hacking works in NYC, talking about purchases by a corporate real estate firm if what must have been a large commercial property - and quite distressed when purchased if it had appreciation from $2m to $1bn - isn't really germane

We have a similar housing stock in Milwaukee: most of the city was built in the early 1900's - about 100 years ago by German and Polish immigrants. then the great depression hit followed by WW2 - we have almost no houses dating back to those years.