Hot City!

Urban Real Estate Investment Strategies

Welcome to Hot City!

A blog dedicated to the rewards and tribulations of inner city real estate investing. Based on the experiences of an innercity ED doc who in the last 20 years has worked in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, North Carolina and Miami and currently manages a $10 million portfolio of multiunit buildings in some of […]

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Hyper-location: Knowing your city, your neighborhood, your street

When I first started investing in Chicago 20 years ago, I chose an area that was filled with vacant lots, had a serious crime and gang problem, and had suffered from years of disinvestment and disinterest. What made the area attractive , however, was its proximity to downtown Chicago, four major expressways, three hospital systems […]

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