I end up is really nice properties with tons of character/old world charm in prime "A" locations. 

The charm of old houses is the craftsmanship and proper renovation cost lots of dough.

When I first met Nick Bravo and hired him to do construction jobs, he seemed charming and funny, but I later learned there is a darker side to him, that involve blackmail, extortion and threats of violence and death.

The south side is older and has a lot of old town charm, and the north part is newer and mostly built around all the resorts and golf courses.

I would love to update and improve these to keep the old community charm but with a modern twist.I came to BiggerPockets through my research on the internet in how to do specific real estate deals (land contracts, foreclosure/short sale/auction investing, etc).  

. :-)  I have two Mexican and Costa Rican 'divorcees' next door over here in California, and they can go from positively charming, to absolute hell on high heels... for sure.

IMO Dutchtown has some historic charm so it will eventually gain some interest if for no other reason than it's well-situated between other desirable areas, but it's much more residential so I think it'll end up more like Bevo with a mix of low-income and blue collar residents that make it very stable, but without much appreciation.

Hi All!  I first introduced myself to the BP community about a month ago as one new to REI from Baltimore, MD.  At the time I was in the midst of real estate agent classes, as one of many steps on my journey to REI.  ...

We disqualified that one and the third candidate was a charm and the deal went through. 1 mil, 50K.. 

It would all depend on the scope and cost of the proposed improvements, how much skin in the game they think you should have in it, and if they feel the character and charm (or whatever) is not compromised.