So for some specifics, I bought 1 that I thought was a garden level unit in a condo building.

There are two building entrances- 1st floor unit with garden access and 2nd/3rd floor unit. 

This project really required a team to mastermind which way we were going.... from restoring it to the 20's vibe, making it contemporary loft feel, or basic rehab.After reviewing the project we found that it would be partial restore (like removing drywall from the beautiful bricks inside the apartments), to acid cleaning the HUGH building, and adding a garden park feel in the center of the closed courtyard.The condo conversion (from Apartment status) was our focus for getting upside.What was the outcome?

In the fall the gardener comes back cuts the lawn and fertilizes it for the winter, comes back and cuts it one more time and prunes the bushes.

I do the gardening and he deals with the tenants and repairs.

So much so for the Garden State motto. 

Eating at Olive Garden vs Denny's, but not Pierre's. 

I landed 5 days ago.My strategy is to buy distressed properties in good neighborhoods, like Boston Edison, Virginia Park, La Salle Gardens, Rosedale Park, English Village and perhaps also in up and coming areas like the North End.

F should be reserved for the all out war zones which do indeed exist in Indianapolis.As an example, one of my properties is in an area called Drexel Gardens which you rate as an F neighborhood.

It's a twin on the north end of the island called the Gardens which is where many of the $1M+ houses are located.