It seems as though a lot of residential houses are split up into numerous apartments and zoned as multifamily.

Posting to look up Brad Dornish is fine; his name has been posted on BP numerous times already.Maybe @David Krulac will choose to add something to the discussion - if he can drag himself from attending the Tax Sales ...

While living in the South End I had to contact police numerous times due to constant drug deals in the neighborhood, people passed out on the sidewalk during the day, gun shots, etc. 

I have seen numerous times where a seller just gets fed up and accepts a dramatically lower offer. 

Whether it causes structural problems or not, I don't know, but the dampness that allows it to grow there--mold is alive-- will.Mold causes numerous health problems, many respiratory.

Good to know Wendy's book gets your praise.

MeasuredUp.com and My3Cents.com also have numerous flat fee MLS reviews and comments.

They also have a better defense as they typically are involved in numerous real estate investment activities.  

I did a Google search on CRTs, but the only numerical examples I found are bogus (example: assuming the ongoing expenses are 0, which may be true if you let the charity manage the investment, but not in what I would have done).If you have done a CRT before, or helped clients do one, please weigh in on the above numbers, and on my current tentative conclusion, which is: if I ever have a million in profit to protect and don't want a 1031, I believe a CRT is definitely worth it.

But, there are numerous options that must be considered.