Seek out regions that are seeing increases in infrastructure, employment, and population expansion as these factors can eventually raise property values.Pitfalls to Avoid:Overleveraging: Take care not to put too much debt on your shoulders or overextend your finances.

So many are misinformed on what S8 does and how it does it.It's our tax dollars, so S8 is NOT looking to place low-income tenants (S8) in Class A properties.

After they pay rent and taxes they have about $1,500 or $388 a week for everything else.

Hello for a beginner investor, which type of investment would you recommend, tax liens or mortgage note investing.

You may not include income earned that is not on a tax return, an administrator or PHA may consider additional income in that household, a teenager may mow lawns or receive child support that may influence funds available to that household. 

Since this is my first property purchase ever, I wonder how escrow accounts, etc for property taxes would work.  

There are price and debt requirements, as well.

Being able to 1031 it into something larger would pay great dividends down the road, not to mention starting a fresh a depreciation cycle on your tax cycle. 

Also, appears in Philadelphia you use hard money debt to finance your properties? 

Tax benefits, good investment possibility, cashflow.