11 characteristics of a profitable rental investment: Part 2
Last time, I listed five characteristics that will help you filter out the money pits from the money pots either for yourself as an investor or for a client that is a potential real...
Street tells tales out of school
Mayor John Street couldn't help grinning when he talked about the protracted negotiations between the School Reform Commission and the company set to take over 45 schools next month. He called it "the...
Foxwoods open to alternate sites
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While casino opponents are rejoicing at the news, it's far from a done deal. However, Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia has said it would "consider" alternate sites to Columbus Boulevard and Reed Street to build...
New mortgage rules will create paperwork headaches, not derail recovery
New rules taking effect Friday requiring lenders to verify that borrowers can repay mortgage destined to be securitized and sold to investors will create paperwork headaches and delays. But fears that they’ll derail the...
Study finds patent licensing rarely results in innovation
It may come as little surprise to players in online real estate who have been cajoled into such deals, but patent licensing rarely results in new products, technology transfer or other markers of innovation....
All about the dogs
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In coordination with National Hot Dog Month, South Street Headhouse District put on the Fourth Annual Dog Days of Summer Cook Off Saturday. Several Society Hill and Queen Village eateries entered dogs into a...
Drive-through testing site coming to Stadium Complex
A drive-through COVID-19 testing site could be opening on Friday at the South Philadelphia Stadium Complex.
During Mayor Jim Kenney’s daily press conference, city officials said that the parking lots at Citizens Bank Park could...
City announces Community Evening Resource Centers Program Awardees
A South Philly-based nonprofit agency has been announced as one of three community-based organizations to be awarded contracts to help operate Community Evening Resource Centers.
The agency, Diversified Community Services, along with Youth Advocate Programs...
Christmas star
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It wasn't the most pleasant drive for Carol Edlow and her husband Arthur. She wasn't thrilled about the move south after Arthur, a military man, was relocated to Georgia -- and a certain billboard...
