As far as investing right now I don't have particular preferences yet.If I was young and moving to Montgomery County I'd look at Downtown Silver Spring, The Pike and Rose area (Rockville), the area around Grosvenor-Strathmore metro, and maybe the Crown in Gaithersburg further out but still accessible to metro.

I had never done finish carpentry, and I trimmed the entire house out, crown moulding and everything.I never hung cabinets, I did that too.A lot of the stuff I learned just by watching videos online.

I actually live here in crown point.

The neighborhoods we've looked into so far have been mostly BedStuy, Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Ditmas Park, Bay Ridge, Forest Hills, Sunnyside,and Woodside.

Emphasize the land, take great pictures of the period details like rosette and crown molding, and the staircase, we old house lovers are suckers for staircases.

Go to a local community bank like Crown Bank or NorthEast Community Bank as they will be flexible when it comes to buying it under your LLC.

Here is a source for help that I have personally used: www.crown.org or call Roger Brownell 925-634-9292 [email protected] Roger is the local rep for Crown in the Bay area, the closest rep to where you are.

Looking at towns like Crown point, Hobart, Merrillville, lake station, portage, Griffith, highland and Hammond. 

One night I'll be in a park ave penthouse apartment in the Upper East Side overlooking Central Park, the next I'll be in the projects in Crown Heights, BK.

My wife isn't a midgrade type so we have crown molding in the closets and a German shower etc.