I used to live on this street and was shocked.

if the 3 houses accros the street have new windows...there's your answer.

Contracted with gas co. to install new gas line, which required tearing up the street, 2 flagmen and a policeman directing traffic for the disabled traffic light down the block.

The neighborhood is slowly getting better, and the triplex is around the corner from the neighborhood commercial street with lots of pizza shops, salons, check cashing places and the typical things that you see in a lower income area.

You can easily pay 300k for a home and still be afraid to walk down your street at night.

I lost money for several years and eventually donated the building to the church next door to convert to a halfway house to help former drug addicts get the help they need to recover.I would like to eventually own some apartments as a long term investment.Seeking to network with successful real estate investors and eventually reach my real estate goals by helping people rather than taking advantage of them.

Only duplex on a street of all single family homes.Cons:1. 1 Furnace is 18 years old, and the other is 38 years old!

I did this for a few reasons. 1) I bought out my partner from my LLC at the end of 2011 and there was some delay due to the transition 2) the street is on the outskirts of an up and coming neighborhood, in 2011 the street probably could have just barely supported $200-$220k for a finished home.

When I was evaluating an area, I'd drive up and down every street.

. -- announced it will go public, using net proceeds from its planned IPO to acquire and renovate single-family homes. " http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Will-Wall-Street-Buy-Into-Single-Family-Rental-Craze-/146378It's not surprising that these institutional investors/hedge funds are buying the way they are. 1.When they buy stocks they are also buying at the retail/market price, so they may view buying houses the same way. 2.