Whether it is Oakland, Compton, or NE Portland  these are all areas where more affluent "gentrification" buyers have appreciated the area less for reasons de jure (personal fancy and hip predilections), and more for those two stated reasons, supra, de facto. 

Nothing fancy but I figure they'd offer the best ROI since this sort of destination is about everything except the room.  

These where functional, not fancy, but they turned out well for NPS.

When my 2 boys and I go to one of our apt buildings to mow lawns, they see the nice cars in the parking lot with tenants playing on their i-phones while drinking fancy coffee.

Of course my method for building that wealth is through real estate.What this means is that I don't have the newest latest and greatest toys that everyone else seems to have (smartphones, tablets, fancy headphones, etc.)

I'm routinely writing offers at or over asking prices, and still missing most deals.

Who knows, maybe we'll even get some of those those fancy ice cream shops like North Seattle has.

Great Question.I plan to focus on getting a routine down.

In the past 8 years i've had one non routine maintenance call across several new properties versus a slew of maintenance calls from older properties.  

Finally fixing Main St. in Somersworth is paying dividends for the area around downtown (though there is a looong way to go).Let's be honest though, both towns are amongst the most dangerous and rough towns in NH, and routinely make (or even top) the list of worst places to live in the state.