It's like having costume jewelry vs heirloom quality custom made pieces and a lot of folks want the sparkle without the price tag. 

I think staging is a waste unless the home has a problem layout, but I do keep an assortment of faux plants handy as I've found a simple orchid and guest towel in a bathroom or an arrangement on the kitchen island next to the brochures seems to add a comforting element in a vacant house, and it's much less expensive than staging.  

I know there are people out there flipping and managing some 10unit vintage looking 200sqft multi fams in The Dena.

I mean your going to pay 3 mil for a home in Palo Alto Ca or the same size vintage etc in much of the mid west deep south or inner rust belt cities will be 125k to 250k.. 

We bought our first investment property (in Calgary) in Feb 2021 (1956 bungalow) and as people are saying most homes of this vintage have asbestos.

It's also projected to appreciate more, is cheaper and has newer buildings on bigger lots.If you want appreciation, may advice is to buy in the valley or buy a property in Anchorage that you will force appreciation into by renovating but they may or may not fit your strategy. 2) Rents and vacancies: This is another advantage of renovating one of the many 70's vintage Anchorage buildings is that you reduce vacancies, turnover and time to fill units exponentially.

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Or maybe really into that "vintage" look and would like to see another "vintage" home in area complete with peeling paint, over-grown trees, that "pop" of ambiance as the shingles begin to curl at edges, because having $0 for maintenance/cap-x, no choice but to let the property go "vintage". 

She even stole the child's vintage doll! 

The building has a boiler and is a vintage courtyard building and the expense ratio came in at 33.5%.