They cannot achieve salaries that can help support their lifestyles as everything in the City increases dramatically.The population that is staying are then benefiting from their higher equity as their home prices increase as well as their ability to achieve higher salaries from those jobs that require a skillset for it.With the higher equity, if they owned, they are then able to send their children to higher quality of schools which we know are expensive today.When those kids come back, they want to stay, mostly because it's a great place and they can afford it by going to these quality schools and Universities.ANYWAY, I think you get the point.I have been seeing this trend for the last 21 years investing in Brooklyn, NYC.

With a HELOC on my SFH and savings from my current job, I could potentially put 25k - 30k into a complex over the course of 12 months.

Howdy @Jovan HardwickNice job on the deal.  

DIG did have a Lehigh Valley subgroup - but the subgroup leader quit the volunteer job.

Contact the owner/borrower and make sure if he/she is still alive, find out what the problem is(health, job loss, moved, etc).

If you buy a few cheap properties you will either have to manage them yourself (a job) or you will have to flip them (an intense job).

Perhaps one has poor job or housing history while the other, top notch. 

Talk to Harold Williams (Their Estimator) I've worked on several jobs where my clients have used them for abatement (including the State Capitol); They have always been impressed with Harold's fair bids and the company's ability to finish on time and under budget.Hope this helps!

We are doing a 1031 exchange however we are having issues getting pre-qualified for a mortgage for a rental property that would equal the sell amount of the original property ($425k) due to changes in jobs and relocating etc.

In regards to any side jobs to help.