Angelina Fanous

In our first installment of Investment Bootcamp, we helped you determine whether or not you're the investing type.

If you are, it's time to get serious. But how do you know a good residential investment opportunity when you see it?

1. A good location

Seasoned investors generally target areas that have already gentrified and will always be attractive to renters.

The buildings that fill the blocks of the Upper West Side tell historic, funny, and even upsetting stories, and the West Side Rag is determined to reveal all of them.

There are so many neighborhoods and micro-neighborhoods in New York City that it's virtually impossible to know everything you want to know about every one.

But ask the locals and you’ll get the true inside scoop, which is exactly what we're doing for our new bi-weekly series "Confessions of a Neighborhood Blogger."

This week we caught up with the Krrb Team, headquartered in Greenpoint, for the latest on this Brooklyn neighborhood.