I know you didn't ask me, but unless you're in the next block, I wouldn't worry alot about the train noise.

There are all together 24 of these ceiling trays.If I can removed the wood trims - don't think this is going to be too difficult, the glued on mirrors would be a real pain to remove. 

@Priscila Parra i really like Ridgewood, especially if you are within 3-4 blocks of a subway stop.

There are several 6-12 plexes in the neighborhood, some even on the same block.

An investor purchased a house just down the block 2 years ago for the high $200's and sold it for just over $700k.  

I could have been buying apartment blocks with what I spent on planes but they do not bring me the joy of an aircraft.Just go through any apartment complex parking lot ...

(not to get too morbid) They have urgent pain.

Failure itself can be a very valuable teacher painful to go through but important.

Water service hookups in Chicago have become so painful that only three sub contractors even do it anymore.

dljoka-at-kw-dot-com , His name is Daniel, he works for Keller William in Medford, i dealt with him on a property ( i never bought it ) but he responds to you and was very helpful, this was last year i dealt with him and i have not talked to him since then. just check where you are buying there, values change dramatically from one block to the next in some areas.