I'm imagined a complete gut but if it's already just gutted internally and not externally even better.

The strategy has been very good to me, and I'm a fan.Separate your construction costs into soft, horizontal and vertical components - soft for city fees, professional services , and holding/financing costs ... horizontal for any site prep, public improvements, and underground work ... vertical for foundation and everything on top of it. 

The other is a stabilized cash flow opportunity in the suburbs.While location is a very strong component of real estate that always needs consideration, it is also one of many factors.  

Not saying this is the case here, but there are international buyers who buy just for asset stability.

But I'd treat them like legitimate buyers with an unreasonable request rather than likely international fugitives hiding their bounty (not that you are, but honestly could be either!)

We have a place near us called Cigars International, where you can buy your cigar and smoke it right there in the building while sitting on comfy chairs.

My feeling on it is if you own the property, do what you want but there are complaints about the smell, there are multiple tents set up + the illegal component of making the wax too.   

. (: Every lender knows Zillow is crap, plenty of internal email chains making fun of Redfin/Zillow/etc.

While these can sink a score so can foreclosures, short sales, medical debt and a three year old bankruptcy, which in my opinion, don't represent the same risk.Credit score is also only one of three critical components for verifying an applicant's tenancy.

So it seems that the missing components, which lead to the conflict of information, was the income level and RE Professional status.