A lot of deals are done with either cash or seller financed so ARVs are depressed.Overall: If you have cash or a lender for the properties and you have thick skin while not minding to do extensive rehabs its a great market.Paulsboro - Cashflow but be carefulThe Good: Good cashflow, low purchase prices, decent taxes.

If not for the foot-thick brick walls, you'd never know it wasn't new construction. 

For reference, we're talking a 24.5' x 24.5' slab 4" thick on grade w/ #3 at 18" on-center rebar with 15"W x 12"D footers, 2" sand over 10mil vapor barrier over 2" sand.If anyone knows someone who is reasonable in cost/licensed (and bonus if they can do the rough plumbing design underneath the foundation), please let me know! 

There are many thick layers of old paint on the boards and the sanding process may take an eternity.

not to hijack anything, but to me the issue here seems more like the thickness of walls/ ceilings might be too thin ( cheaply built).  

I didn't think to measure the tiles, but I assume they are the 9", about an 1/8th of an inch thick. 

Real estate requires thick skin and its so obvious how easily you are triggered.

What the contractor promised was that he would use jack posts for the support beam and put down two cement columns and then insert a permanent thick wooden or steel beam once the wall was removed and columns set.

Get the same thickness you measured. 

It does scratch irregardless the grade or thickness.