If you like sandwiches/bar food, try Bisonwiches on Main Street.

I could see a lot of entry level folks working in those hospitals/universities being forced to go South due to rising rents in West Philly (by 30th Street and beyond) so Grays Ferry would be the natural progression to remain close and have reasonable rents.

If you're looking into hot flip markets right now the biggest two are Fishtown and Brewerytown right now, some emerging areas are parts of East Kensington (around American street to Frankford), West Passyunk, Grays Ferry, Germantown, and a few more in the pipeline after that.

You just have to look at the other side of South Capitol Street to see what the baseball stadium did to that entire area. 

Remember, it is a two way street.

These folks are of course often times landlords today (or have impressive Wall Street assets, etc).I'd suggest that the latter group are better off than the former.

Originally posted by Damion Hopkinson:where are the most promissing places to meet an investorplace ads in newspapers, signs on streets and do direct mail to land lords (some are still buying)when you find one potentially, consider:Finding Potential BuyersThere is an old saying in the real estate business that goes something like this, “It’s easier to find a house for a buyer than it is to find a buyer for a houseâ€; I agree.

Along with the other factors that I've explained before, you can see dramatic differences in prices with condos.I'm not disagreeing that a condo has more risk than a typical SFR, but I believe that your assertions that the only factors that are relevant with a property are exterior changes and everything else is nominal - I believe to be dead wrong.While I'm sure you can find examples to prove your case, I can find just as many to disprove it.Finally, when the house across the street from yours with a similar square footage lowers their price - they are also lowering the value of yours - unless you ignore the property in your comps.

The street it is on is good with a lot of renovated and new construction homes.

If anybody could truly do it with any sort of accuracy and consistency, then Las Vegas would be the place to get rich, not Wall Street or Main Street.With cash flow, you can narrow down what your return will be today with relative accuracy, but over the long run, many other factors will influence your total return, such as appreciation, market rents, tenant problems, maintenance issues, tax laws, city ordinances, etc.