We are pondering the purchase of a property (and possibly the adjoining property) on a fairly major street in Woodland Hills.

Either go through the local forums here on BP, or find an active forum on FB for REI in your local area. 

I am not a CPA, but it also opens up a litany of tax advantages because you can now drive certain of your activities through the LLC as expenses-- mileage and gas, networking lunch/dinner/happy hour, repair costs, the list goes on.

Maybe I can drop the wife and kid off at 3rd Street and come chat.

It is true, that there are pockets and certain streets that you should stay away from.

I plan to actively participate on the forums and cannot wait to speak with many of you.

"Deposit 123 Main Street" .

There is an active appraisal on the property for $440k that I have seen.

Philadelphia is currently seeing a lot of construction activity, development activity, and I would love to assist anyone in the process.

"How long is the typical due diligence" -- I would ask yourself how well do you know the market, submarket, street block?