It does suck that I can't pop over to see progress or check out showings but technology makes things a lot easier nowadays.  

They're going for too much nowadays.

This is a historic house and personally, I like to keep them as true to form as possible so I have no intent of making it open concept, exposing beams and all the "fad" stuff I see nowadays.

I often wonder who is the fourplex renter, the person who doesn't want a SFH for same price but more homey feel, or the person who wants closer neighbors and apartment renter vibe but without social buzz or amenities of apartment.

Yeah the gurus will tell you to do 10 bucks or something but most sellers won’t go for that nowadays.

I don't hear much chatter nowadays about ringless voicemail (RVM).

The answer is likely not many because once they build a successful system, they move to teaching and training...they got murdered on taxes and figured out they had to do something else...and BRRRR is not sustainable...just think more about what you are doing with BRRRR...it's a buzz word, not a long-term strategy. 

The way housing has been plunging, it's really hard to make a sale now adays.

I have found that if a person is versatile in his profession there is never a down time for him; remember the buzz word is VERSATILE.

indeed most homes nowadays have some work that is either not to code and/or was done without permit pulling.however, its one thing to finish an extra unused area for extended family or occasional lodgers to temporarily live in, but a whole other to create a dwelling unit intended for tenant income without even considering insurance, liabilty, ordinances... what is the ZONING of the property in question?