The difference can be significant- it certainly has been in San Francisco.2- as for gentrification itself, the irony is not lost on me that a well educated African American woman should not improve a neighborhood:)  you can think of yourself as a positive example for an impoverished community.

Having a steady income through another job is a good position to be in to do residential properties, as you can get residential loans.  

On the positive side having MLS access is a very good tool to help you find and analyze and sell properties quickly for flips. so as you can see keeping them separate is the way i would go. so now on the investing side, again, what type of investing are you looking to do?

I stick to my criteria so never get first position, but I close in two weeks on a house because the offer they originally accepted fell through.

Notice that all of the above lists are not just pulled from an easy data source.  

He gave me a 30 day notice September 1st, but still owes the money.

Thank you biggerpockets community for the instruction and support that has allowed us to be in the position to need to ask these questions. 

People get this crazy idea that any property will produce positive cash flow and will make you money.

It doesn't change my position one bit, but I think you will hear some moaning and groaning a bit more than if you just had a family Park.

We are in a 1031 position until 10/3/16.