Easton has some of the oldest housing stock in the Lehigh Valley — pre-Civil War singles in the historic district, 1880s rowhomes downtown, and 1920s craftsman-style throughout the West Ward. College Hill, around Lafayette College, has solid single-family inventory and tends to be the most resilient neighborhood. West Ward is the most affordable and has the most distressed inventory we see — code-violation properties from the City of Easton's rental inspection program, tax-delinquent estates, and tired landlords. Wilson Borough, Palmer Township, and Forks Township to the south and west fill out our service area; these are mid-century to modern singles. The Easton Area School District covers most of the area. Easton's distress patterns: judicial foreclosure (PA's process runs ~6 months from first missed payment to sheriff sale at the Northampton County courthouse on Washington Street), inherited probate from longtime crayola/cement families, and absentee landlords with code-violation pressure. Mike's inspector credential matters disproportionately in Easton because the housing stock is genuinely old — slate roofs, knob-and-tube, asbestos, lead paint are common, and most cash buyers either lowball these properties or won't touch them.