You can find the meetup group at http://meetu.ps/c/2YtJp/yXdhy/f .The ROI I referred to takes into consideration everything - needed rehab as a start and on going fixes (although on going fixes are hard to predict as are much depend the property itself and can be vary year over year).I started using other Israeli veteran investor who had the needed knowledge, connections, and team in Pittsburgh, only after gaining some experience and milage using his help I started on my own.Pittsburgh is difficult to invest without knowing exactly what you are doing, as there can be huge differences between two adjacent streets in the same neighbourhood. 

To be able to narrow down my priority markets to specific communities and streets.

Plus it creates a 2-way street between landlord and tenant. 

I'm interesting in purchasing an apartment building with inadequate off-street parking.  

An assumption clause allowing a borrower to replace himself with just anyone off the street without consideration to a note holder isn't going to fly in any state.You can have a due on sale clause, and it is best to, but if there is an assignment agreement then you simply give notice of sale and assignment and that circumvents the due on sale clause, by agreement. 

Hi BP community,I have 2 lots in a hot neighborhood that I'm getting for 1k.The thing is (and there's always a thing when you're getting something for super cheap is, these 2 lots are directly across a street from a very unattractive substation or electrical station.I feel pretty confident that I'll be able to rent bc of the neighborhoods location and the surrounding the blocks have beautiful houses.My Questions Are:1- I'm trying to get comps so I can build on this land but how do you take into account this ugly structure, nothing on this block has sold recently.

We believe that this housing and mortgage crisis has to be fixed by the people of this country; we cannot count on government and wall street to fix it; we can only count on them to allow greed to screw things up again...and that is exactly what is happening right now.  

With that said, like many other neighborhoods you have to evaluate properties street by street here.

Move it onto the street, it will be towed and charged to the owner based on the vin number.Unfortunately you are paying the price for not issuing the eviction notice September 2nd.It is a major mistake for any landlord to operate their business on the principal that a tenant that pays on time is a "good tenant" that deserves special considerations.

My second property ever I just knocked on the persons door and asked if the guy was interested in selling the vacant lot across the street that he owned.