As a philly native I can say you definitely got into Brewerytown at the right time and it paid off for you, that area has been steadily on the rise as money from Fairmount is pushing up.

Purchased in an area where I predicted values would be rising shortly after I purchased it.

Something about oil that deteriorates with time, sun, rain, temperature changes, etc... 

I still work my full time job, but at least I got out of Illinois with a profit on my home, and left the ever rising state taxes and fees behind.You should talk with a lawyer about #1 - Foreign owner.

I'm a seasoned virtual real estate investor (landlord) and probably like many of you, I'm seeing and hearing more and more about rising vacancy rates (New York as just one example), tenants unable to make their rent payments and legislation banning evictions.

Tile is very inflexible and wood houses move with temperature and other weather changes.

OOS investors get the leftovers and, frankly, help keep the markets rising.

However, this area of Lakeland is right on the border of incoming gentrification so in the next 10-15 years the values of these properties should rise dramatically.

If you are very motivated and driven, you will surely rise, doesn't matter the path you take.

The one main sub-index that declined in September was supplier deliveries, which rises when companies report longer delivery delays (typically a sign of more demand than companies can fill in a timely manner) and declines as delivery delays ease.