Philly is a very tenant friendly city, and professional tenants know all of the ins and outs to work it to their advantage.

I'd like to find something preferably in Lakewood, Kamm's Corner, West Park or Ohio City, potentially Rocky River.

 A couple of issues.....No one knows where you are, all cities/counties are different.Your zoning may not allow for a second unit, which this would be.Owner issued permits are usually only for owner occupants, not for rental units.First step, go down to your local zoning/building dept and see if this would be allowed.  

I own 1 unit in a 6 units building in Union City, NJ. 

A big thing is the city or county might want all new everything to do the reno.

Hi BP,I have a friend of mine bought a land through tax foreclosure auction...he bought it without doing any due diligence ahead of time, anyways he found out its a very small lot and worth nothing if he is trying to sell.The appraisal value is $12k and he paid a bit less but no body would buy such lot on the market...somebody told him to donate the land to the city or the county or some sort of organization that helps people and file it on his tax return as deduction. my questions are: 1- Any suggestions who to target to donate the land 2- If he donated the land can he file it as a loss or deduct it from his tax refund at the end of the year...he is entitled to pay some capital gain taxes on other properties he sold so this deduction will definitely help.3- If point 2 is doable will he be able to file based on the appraisal value $12k?

They all have their pros and cons, but they're affordable and an easy drive from the city.

I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for property management in the Edwardsville, IL / Granite City, IL areas?

I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for property management in the Edwardsville, IL / Granite City, IL area?

you could hire a city lawyer and check out the law more.