Finding the Right Deals: What’s the best way to find undervalued properties or fixer-uppers in my area (Philadelphia)?

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house hack in some sort of fashion.Either buy a duplex or large single family that you can rent out a room/side of the houseOr buy a fixer upper in the best neighborhood you can afford. 

I than thought it was tenants, all the "what if's"; what-if they have a fire, what-if there is a shooting, dead body, drug raid, break-in, squatters, feces art, etc etc etc.....   

I have a duplex in Wisconsin and the upper tenant has just notified me that she lost her job 3 weeks ago and doesn't have money for rent this month.

All the cheap properties are MAJOR fixer-uppers with no Rent Zestimates - probably because there are not enough rental data points.This one is priced at $135k with only $1,152 Rent Zestimate.

Any home you buy with $20,000 is likely going to be a fixer-upper, which means it can be heavy on repairs, turnover costs, vacancies, etc.

My plan is to live on the upper unit and rent a room out to a buddy and turn the lower unit into a midterm rental.

Maybe they've been burned by landlords in the past and are being very careful.You can legally reject them based on personality, facial tattoos, body odor, or other factors, but you better make sure you can prove that it wasn't based on any protected class like race, religion, familial status, etc.

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