Although my house is unique and larger than most 3-bedrooms here..plus it has an office which many don't.

@Surendra Chawla and others, for the Phoenix metro area, I found a very useful resource called the Cromford Index.This is put together by ASU's Head of the Real Estate Dept (Prof Michael Orr).http://getyourphx.com/refresher-the-cromford-report/http://cromfordreport.com/index.htmlThis seems to be a very unique and highly useful index specific and limited only to Phoenix area.https://www.youtube.com/watch?

The York college area is quite unique as there are multi million dollar houses on one side of Country Club Road and then row houses within a mile or so that sell for 50k.I would be happy to talk in depth about the York area and what places to avoid and places where you can find a good deal and make it cash flow.

Bottom line, due to many glorious unique factors for me there was actually very little difference.

Your life, responsibilities, likes, dislikes, etc, are all unique in their combination.

I am purchasing a unique property that is a mixed-use commercial and multifamily.

I originally planned on staging the house, but my agent suggested it would make it an easy target for thieves breaking into a vacant house (unfortunately it is that type of area).He did bring up the idea of virtual staging, a service where you send in your photos and they populate them with furnishing and decor that look totally realistic (I looked at a few samples).

Couldn't help me on refi but they did offer a unique HELOC cash out that I may have done if I didn't get the 30 year fixed refi. 

The thing with real estate is that there are very unique factors that can make a deal work or not work. 

I have done a bit of searching about this on here and have not been able to find a consolidated thread on the advantages/disadvantages and protections needed for both parties in the process.The property is unique and I would plan to have it as a long term rental as it provides good cash flow and will be even better if I can add an additional unit as planned.I am looking to possibly do this on a small multi family property.