Flower colors probably in red to contrast with the grey. 4.

In contrast, while deodorant sales dried-up due to social distancing, locked-down consumers have sent ice-cream sales soaring.

Contrast that with a "problem solving" approach investor that sees the opportunity to improve a community through updating comps, decreasing abandoned vacant properties, and still making profit (win win win.)There is still plenty of non-zero-sum scenarios down here, but I understand the negative perception; bad apples have spoiled the bushel.

The first citation compares and contrasts, as part of the case, the differences between a finder and a broker.

I wish I had decades of experience and can compare and contrast the banking sector before the crash but I don't. 

Contrast this with an area such as San Diego that has long track record of long term appreciation exceeding inflation.  

@Aditya SomaSide-by-side / side-by-each / townhouse duplexes and triplexes lend themselves to fewer noise (footfall) complaints than over-under / stacked  properties as Christian pointed out.Another point to consider is that side-by-side, common wall properties are more likely to have been purpose built as a multifamily property in contrast to over-under units which are frequently the result of conversions - which has been the fate of many grand old Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Victorian houses down here on the East Coast.Purpose-built duplexes and triplexes are apt to have better sound and fire barriers between units (taking the age of the building into consideration) than some conversion done 75-yrs ago before there were any *real* building codes.

However, it appears that the down payment needed for an REO property is substantially higher than what would be needed for a regular property on the market.It looks like I would need to put down 20% for an REO propertyA regular property by contrast would require me to put down only between 4-5% based on conversations with bankers.Could I purchase the REO property then put traditional financing on it and get back to a 4-5% total down payment? 

Personally, I like the contrast between the two colors.

Perhaps that can't easily be answered, if no one is familiar with the side I have worked AND residential real estate projects to be able to compare and contrast.