Completely gutted the home and modernized the interior while keeping the exterior charm.

It is impossibly charming and a mile from the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Long story short, I purchased a charming victorian in Buffalo, NY that has turned into a nightmare money pit.

We used Zillow to advertise the rental and it worked like a charm!

Mystic definitely has our eye...it's a really charming town and we've always loved to visit.

as @Anthony Angotti Angotti mentioned, it's worth looking into Pittsburgh.Always ranked as one of America's "most livable cities", great amenities, charming neighborhoods, interesting topography, diverse economy, good arts, food & & culture, great sports, relatively protected from natural disasters...it has winters, but not nearly as bad as some more northern cities. 

Purchase price: $60,000 Cash invested: $15,000 Presenting a charming 4-bedroom, 1-bathroom residence situated in Toledo, Ohio, just a stone's throw away from the prestigious University of Toledo.

The next day I found this property and took her with me and she loveddd it and said it was so charming.

We do that with "burn outs" we buy cheap... works like a charm!

Then I would move on to painting and adding charm to the ouside.