Block wall, Tough Shed, additional parking in front, new air cond, installed a Master Cool.

Bridgeport isn't picture perfect, but the mill rate is (a little) lower and there are not as many areas of seemingly entire abandoned blocks of residential property.Home prices and rents are generally higher in Bpt.  

Theoretically you could submit an offer to these people who then submit that to the bank to begin the shortsale process, but it is a lot of pain for a slim chance of gain.  

The massive success of those two neighborhoods is already starting to spill over into the area, which can already be seen with the massive amount of renovations happening on seemingly every block (like you mentioned Steve).

Is the school district the same(elementary, middle and high school), is the one .5 miles away a quieter block. 

There are at least 3-4 houses in the few blocks around us that seem to be struggling to find tenants.

I’m going to free up some capital here soon once I close on the sale of one of my plexes, and I’m considering offering clients a “cash-buyer” program with less fees and hoops to jump through than the traditional programs which are kind of a pain, have high fees, hoops to jump through, often run out of funding, etc.

Commercial loans are riskier, costlier and more of an ongoig pain than conventional loans.  

Deed Book Volume 13449, Page 121, Block and Lot Number 33-L-12.

You have to look at the neighborhoods, blocks and roads for there can be a huge difference in each.