I'm moving back home to Traverse City, MI and plan on becoming a real estate agent/investor.

Many people leaving the city of Cleveland are not leaving the market/region.

If you use that scenario, you are going to buy lots of units for cheap in the worst ghetto areas in the worst cities in the country.

You see that a lot in cities where a single family is illegally converted into 2.

With 100-year-old properties, it's quite likely we're talking about converted hot water gravity systems and in a place like Jersey City, converted coal burning systems.

I like the city of West View.

I found a City owned property.

In this case, Bank of New York Mellon has owned the property for several years, during which time they have performed maintenance, winterizing, etc. 

I moved to Tampa, Florida but am still renting out my almost paid for house in New York and I'm loving the cash flow!

I'm not sure why they can't at least give you some pics showing the condition and layout of the inside of the unit.When I market my properties, in my ads I show pics of the inside only (no street or address, just city neighborhood), but once I start a dialogue via email with a prospective tenant I give them the address so they can do I drive by.