. - I like to visit Anodyne coffee shop or some of the restaurants (Guanajuato, Honeypie, etc.) in Bayview, but I'm not especially attracted to living on the South side, barring an exceptional deal.  

I have experience in construction project scheduling/control and BIM design/estimates.

I always have a good taste, so I'm the interior designer and he will come up with a plan to make it happen.

After completing several fix and flip projects in the Atlanta area, I am still searching for the ideal mission appropriate contractor to join my team who understands and appreciates how to work professionally with the investor/developer but with a desire to collaborate on the right design.  

I completely agree that $145/month is very low and while that's attractive to a buyer, it's only attractive until a special assessment hits.By the way, if you or anybody in the association has been able to get FHA financing recently, the delinquencies aren't that bad.  

I'll say my gut would lead me to guess one of two things:-Its a very depressed area and this is a tax credit complex (or similar subsidy) where the rents are fixed at a % of Area Median Income (AMI) rather than open market rents-Its such a crappy area that you're only able to attract the lowest of the low income folks: not anyone with a voucher, but the folks on straight SSI (no SSDI) for a reasonable proportion of their income. 

It was also buried  behind buildings and forest was behind it so couldn't see it from the cross road either.Just very poor design.

I don't believe there is enough turnover in the neighborhood to attract renters above a storefront.Below is a link to an article that talks about the future of Lower North Philadelphia.Also @Steven Rasovsky, if you are not set on staying in proximity to Center City Philadelphia, take a look in the Germantown/ Mt.

That's far too low to get an attractive rate of return on your invested capital.  

How does this affect the amount of potential rent, and is it ever a good idea to build a garage to attract tenants with decent cars.