I'm writing an offer for a property that has just begun the eviction process, but not yet to the point where we can call the sheriff to physically evict.

After that, given my close proximity to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo I'd like to cover all three of those. 

what are your thoughts of EAST of downtown, NOT eado but east of that like the "greater east end" pocket.about stafford, yea i agree, it doesnt seem to be as rough as alief even though its pretty close in proximity

If you were referring to the process of refinancing a property immediately prior to sale then yes that would be a process that could receive scrutiny from the Service for it's proximity to the transaction itself.  

There's even all kinds of stories, which I will not related here, of physical assaults on the 'sellers'.CAVEAT EMPTOR

That way you can save some $$ plus you will able to learn everything you need to learn about the deal, paperwork,  Art of negotiation strategies who's involved in or what not with the deal for FREE while you're PHYSICALLY out there at the subject property. take notes lots of notes while at it!

Wait - one day you may get a letter from the association which informs you that the decision has been made to make upgrades to the roof/windows/parking lot surface/etc. and ask you to write a check... no miracles in this world - things get old and have to be upgraded in physical property, and this will be your version of CapEx.

Hollywood Hills #1 btw.Here they are with ranking.Studio City 2Toluca Lake 3Woodland Hills 7Encino 12Sherman Oaks would have probably been in there being between Studio and Encino physically but it gets lumped in with Van Nuys I think so no rating for S.O. available.

For this reason pick an area that is in close proximity or is easily assessable to where people might want to work, shop and have fun.

So far I am a little bit familiar with Homewood as I spent the month of July staying there and enjoyed its proximity to downtown but am open to other nearby suburbs as well.