(He told me there was a house across the street that sold for 175K that was similar to his however, I couldn't find that anywhere so not sure if it's true.)He owes 140K on his mortgage and has put about 25K into renovations over the years, but I would say it still needs about 20K-30K repairs to be move-in ready.

Decided 28 years on Wall Street was enough for any one lifetime- it really is a young mans game; so I made a clean break and am looking to do something else with my life.

It's so easy now that we have the Internet to check out MLS all over the country and when I do so, I also use Google Street View to check out the neighborhoods.

And, from Rick's post a little deeper;I've know service providers who might charge the street rate up front as they know that person may not return, so the make what you can/should attitude.

A buddy picked up a REO duplex for 6K was mortgaged at 80K rented out 1K month cash flow, 2 weeks later got a second one same #'s same street.

Do you think I should strike out the house number completely and just limit it to the street name?

However, using that same radius in the inner city of Philadelphia will not work, prices can very wildly from one block or street to another. 2.

@Kimberly Jones I never really thought about Hollygrove because it's one of those sketchy hit or miss areas but I'm sure if I research enough and talk to enough people I know that grew up there that I could determine the better streets of that area.

I live 5 minutes down the street from there. 

Adjusting to the new reality of normalcy will be a painful process.On the one hand, Federal Reserve officials, Federal Government officials, many Wall Street executives and salespeople, believe it is "necessary for our economic security" to return to that place of easy credit.