I won't let my past be a road block, but thank you for replying!

 Just looked at a two family down the block from where i llive.

They walk the ~6 blocks to the Avenue where there are lots of hipster restaurants etc.

Dorchester, Chelsea, Revere, and some areas of Roxbury and Hyde Park still seem to have some opportunities, but most of those neighborhoods are block-by-block dependent. 2.

The source of the leak came from a crack in the drain pipe in a unit 3 stories up.

I haven't (might tomorrow cause I need to see these bubbly walls) but I doubt the agent will allow me to schedule a showing since its under contract.There's one a bit smaller a few blocks over, but it has a 1 car attached garage.

its very hot.. but profit margins all in all are thin when taken as a % of the gross project amount.But houses also sell in 1 to 5 days.. if they are in the major metro area.We have a huge play going on now .. of tear down and build McMansions.. not really McMansions but little 1920 bungaloos are taken down and two story period homes are built ( PDX 4 square) being popular.. and on corner lots you can do a common wall and get 5k sq ft in two homes on a 4k foot lot.. and the homes will sell for depending on which blocks 450 to 750 each.

The house and garage are cement or cinder block.

Here is a new bit of information that I just learned, one of my friends that owns a business on the same street just notified me of a retail plaza with seven shops, sold last year on the Auction block for 240K.What kind of an affect will this have on the value of the property I am looking at.

My guess is the gutters haven't been cleaned and it's an old block basement.