Why We Buy Mount Carmel PA Real Estate

When I first began investing in real estate in the central Pennsylvania area I was not aware of the community in the Mount Carmel and surrounding areas. After a friend recommended that I get to know the people and culture of the Mount Carmel area I decided to check it out! I found that the people were helpful, friendly and proud of their town! After investigating the real estate market I found that there was a shortage of affordable housing and felt that my services could be of help! I love to purchase distressed properties, fix them up and offer them as a Rent to Own. This allows people who may be working to improve their credit an opportunity for home ownership. Essentially I have the opportunity to help the distressed seller and the potential home buyer! Distressed property owners ask themselves “How can I sell my house fast” and we can facilitate that with a fast cash purchase of their house. These houses become “Houses for Rent” to first time home buyers on our Rent to Own program which is a win-win situation for the Revitalization of the Mount Carmel Community.

Albert Bradford, Sawmill operator, gave Mount Carmel its name because of its elevation and gorgeous setting in the mountains. He decided that it deserved an appropriate name and named it after the holy mountain in Israel. Mount Carmel started as a logging town. Coal was only detected in 1790 by Isaac Tomlinson. It took 24 years until the first shipment of coal was shipped from the borough. Mount Carmel Inn was opened in 1812 by Richard Yarnall and was Perfectly located on the Centre Turnpike Mid Way between Pottsville and Danville. During the later part of 1854, the Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad was completed from Shamokin to Mt. Carmel, which led to the opening and development of a number of collieries in the region. During the same year, the Locust Mountain Coal and Iron Company began making large openings and improvements upon their valuable coal lands in the vicinity of Mt. Carmel, building coal breakers for two collieries – the Coal Ridge and Locust Mountain collieries. The township was built in 1854, formed from part of Coal Township; by 1862 the borough was incorporated within the township.

Mount Carmel was among the first towns in the country to have its streets lit by electricity. Thomas Edison placed one of his first generators plants here in 1883. The Edison Plant in Mount Carmel was the seventh such in the world.

I included the above history to try to shed some light on the Mount Carmel area and the nature of their community. If my service could be of any help to you as a real estate purchaser or seller please feel free to contact me! Troy@ReviveMountCarmel.com or 570.884.4064.