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In fact, one sold for more than 430k 2 years ago.Here is our question, is it worth buying a home like this that has neighbors with such wide economic disparity?

And I think the OP has a reasonable point in that chunks of the Southeast (save the "New South") suffer from low housing prices not to mention murky economic prospects.

I don't won't to spend time in an area finding that great buy that won't move because of economic or other factors. 

The consortium believes the Shark’s have inadvertently created an economic opportunity.The acquisition gives the leaders in the crowdfunding industry a unique opportunity to “change the Tycoon portal into an educational platform to show the world why the Sharks were wrong about the industry,” said Jordan Fishfeld CEO of Peer Realty.Many Calara, CEO of CrowdFranchise, alluded to opening up their platform to non-accredited investors following the release of final rules of Title III of the JOBS Act.

I am curious if other real estate investors/developers on here have developed a "system" of how best to efficiently utilizing the City/County's different departments (Planner, Economic Development, Permits, Building,etc).

Everywhere and in every neighborhood situations happen that stimulate people to sell.

Our February meeting includes a presentation by the Worcester Director of the Office of Economic Development and will be informative for Worcester investors. 

@Elke Cardella  I do inside the city not surrounding areas but I have heard many of the lower social economic class are moving out of the city to Owings Mills.

This model is pretty recession proof as the pieces that make up the puzzle are not based on economic trends, rather the laziness of people.