(But for a rental on lower end finishes something that looks like it) -tile (will last ) -vinyl - laminateThose are two things that never get old and you see them in new homes and ones that are a century old .

I do not look back and wish I had managed my payment risk by stretching my pmts into the next century or feel I have squandered the $178 a month on a low ROI investment.

I have went down the road of owning the old [turn of the century] big homes and ended up paying a lot for that education.

Most of the duplexes and 4plexes built around the turn of the century in Indianapolis are converted SFR so it might be grandfathered.

@Mindy JensenEver since the Louvre, and the subsequent popularization by François Mansart, a well executed Mansard roof is very pleasing to the eye ... though perhaps not to the pocketbook [They are a lot more work to shingle, shake, or leave].Given the inventory of Second Empire buildings in our region - not to mention Italianate and Gothic Revival adaptations - the mansard roof is alive and well.The same cannot be said of many later adaptations / incorporations of Mansard roofs (mid-20th century, 1960s/70s postmodern) ... many - or most - of which should have been forgotten (McDonalds comes to mind).

Local moviegoers, industry stars, and mid-century design enthusiasts are all distraught over its fate.

The building has not been brought into the 21st century (electric, plumbing, etc).

Does the architectural style of the house lend itself to just doubling down on the mid-century modern aesthetic?

I am new to REI but I live in Flint, MI and my house was under $70K (mid-century modern behind a major teaching hospital and less than 10 minute drive to 4 colleges / universities).

Case Shiller has it as 3rd highest return for this century.