How to Secure/Market a Flip/Rental West Philadelphia

[Eric Hiltner]

Hi,

I just bought a 3 bed 1 bath row house in West Philly. Its not the best area 3800 block of Parrish St, 19104. I would like to flip or rehab it. It seems rehabbing is a better idea unless, I can market well and find a buyer.

1. How do I secure the property? It has two windows in front and the door has been broken into numerous times. Does it make sense to integrate into the local police? What scares thieves? dog sound tracks, ghost gorillas? hologram guards? trap doors? fix the front last? lights (non-breakable?) alarms? bolt gang box to floor and weld shut?

2. Any ideas on marketing this property. I'm open to holding or flipping. Perhaps I will make a video and use it to build a buyer's list, use youtube, tube mogul, sell point? put a huge banner on the front? walk through the neighborhood and hand out cards.

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eric, you may not have gotten a lot of response on this bc it's in teh wrong area..at any rate, i'll let you know what i do....the first thing i do when i buy a rental in the hood is smile and wave as much as possible lol...i let all neighbors and tenants know im' cleaning the place up and i'll be checking in for the next few weeks to make sure the property will be ready to get rented..at that time, i let them know i'll pay them 25 bucks if they refer a good tenant to me that passes my screening...most times, these neighbors refer tenants to me..good luck