However, she said that when they get complaints from neighbors, she sends code enforcement out to issue a cease and desist order. 

It’s not about properties it’s about sellers.That being said you can purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, motivated seller website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.

Hi Andrew, If you are looking for anything 4 units and under, you can go to any Title company and give them a list of your criteria and zip codes you are interested in.

Other methods are to purchase lists with different motivations and stack them  like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc.

Land is not depreciable under the tax code so you can’t take a deduction for the $100,000 land value until you sell the property.

Roughly $400/room. 5BR homes are tough because most of them are zoned single-family so no more than 3 unrelated individuals can reside together in accordance with Philly code.

My PMs can set door codes, message (or call) guests, schedule cleaners, adjust the thermostat, monitor my cameras, & call a plumber just as easily as a local PM can, for 1% of the cost.Hire good cleaners, a solid handyman & befriend some helpful neighbors.

Process wise you should do the following:Use the Trulia color-coded crime map to check on your property of interest.  

I'm having problems running the comps as the selling prices are really variable in this zip code.

There are certainly good people in all area codes, which you can find if you screen enough, but buy-n-large you will be dropping by the property in Lackawanna MUCH more often to fix things than if you had bought in a nicer neighborhood.