@Bob CoutureI lived just down the street in Chicopee actually. 

There are many out of town investors coming to pottstown who end up being talked into properties in the Washington street corridor and end up losing their shirts.

We have a ton of money we are trying to get on the street right now and looking to build our realtor/investor base.

Couple of random thoughts...Is this home on the inside street of the park?

If the street still has the look and feel of a SFH neighborhood, not so bad.

If there was meth or drug use in the house, they might know.Finally, for one property we purchased we went down to the police station and asked them to pull up any records in relation to the property.Maybe the chemistry kits will get you better results, but this is what we have done as part of our due diligenceMike.

In "The Wall Street Journal, Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook" the first chapter is titled "Why Your Home is Not an Investment Property," and after reading this I have valued home ownership quite a bit less than I had before.

@josh I'm in Atlantic City so I think it's four houses on the same street and you can build a hotel...

I pulled up one day and saw water running almost half a block away down the side of the street.

I haven't viewed the home yet but the agent said it was a drug house where the insides, while nice have been stripped of everything.