Your post just sent me back down memory lane .. not sure how feasible this would be for a modern practicing attorney..

What are the rentals like, are they modernized, with newer appliances, cabinets, countertops, flooring, or are they older and run down?

Government and local historic society interference in every way.

The issue I've seen is the municipality generally wants you to bring the system up to code when you're going that far into the system and that includes site survey, engineered plans and a modern leach field, sometimes with a raised bed/field.

You get the funds to replace the structure with similar amenities (sq ft, etc) but with modern materials.

We all know what a litigeous society we live in.

Originally posted by Bryan Hancock:Many popular authors advancing a conspiracy theorist agenda think the Fabians are gradually trying to control the world by gradually moving toward a world currency.Interesting read.From that page, however:The society's 2004 annual report showed that there were 5,810 individual members.On 21 April 2009 the Society's website stated that it had 6,286 members.So, at that rate of growth, they will have achieved their goal right about the same time that the Sun burns out.

Some are being built and marketed as retro or modern.

Like many of these places, it had nothing modern inside; we installed a bathroom, basic kitchen, etc. 

My own home is about a mile away in a neighbourhood that dates from the 1940s and 1950s, with tons of modern renos, expansions and infills.