They have been through every square inch.4 Look at comps for the lot in four places:  zilliow/trulia, Landwatch.com, Landandfarm.com and the MLS.  

Ever have to wash a water heater (located in a kitchen corner because this is a "vintage" house) covered in two inches of dust and hair?  

I would do a dishwasher but if you can do a 24 inch do it, its cheaper. 

From what I understand, per code the portion of pipe leading to the water heater, for a gas water heater, still needs to be copper, for a certain number of inches, however.

I have 7 in CH and like it for rentals.

In downtown Jersey City, homes that were flooded by Sandy have put in new draining systems and renovated with tile in the lower level instead of carpet or wood, and raised their utilities up off the floor so a couple inches of water won't reach them.It may be more difficult to get insurance and you may be required to get flood insurance so there may be some extra expenses there.  

My Mower is 5 years old and is  a 60 inch deck and it has 114 hours on it.I have a 1/8 acre garden that use's drip irrigation.

Replace the ceramic backsplash with laminate to a height of 4 inches.

There is money to be made their potentially, but unless your business plan is to deal with lower end tenants you need to know every inch of that city to make educated purchases like he outlined.In the better parts of New Britain & Bristol, and in all of Plainville, Southington, West Hartford, Farmington, etc.. 

Here is what I found out:1) The sale of a home 'resets' the compliance timeline 2) They are very interested in working with a new owner to get a home compliant, and they are not interested in chasing down any other 'unpermitted' work done by the seller3) Common sticking points he identified:-Complying with the off street parking requirement (this home has enough parking)-Providing adequate egress from the bedroom in case of fire (this home meets the 'size' requirement for the bedroom window, only remaining concern is there is a 6-8' drop to ground level)-5/8's inch fire resistant material would be required for the ceilingThis is in line with what I was budgeting for...