The street level retail stores are seperate along with a rear unit with a huge commercial style kitchen which makes me think the rear unit may not be legal although it has a seperate mail address and built-ints are original architecture?!

I don't know Whitman at all but what I see is a place that you, with your architectural and landscaping experience, could get some good curb appeal going on there pretty quickly.

Hello Nicole,I agree with @Matt Burr - the architectural cost you are paying is very low.  

While in escrow, to gauge interest our son (and one of our partners) drew an architectural rendering, and floor plans.

It is highly desirable to blend uses into the area thereby protecting the residential character of the area; but not create architectural or traffic conflicts nor permit the commercial development to expand into a regional center of such scope and variety as to attract significant volumes of traffic from outside the neighborhood.Even though I can think of innovative ways to increase the rent and current job market in Bakersfield with plenty of jobs in Oil and gas and agriculture section make this increased rent very doable, but I see that as wishful thinking and when making an offer, I want to be as realistic as possible and I will not hope for any income above fair market value.I have a feeling that most challenging part in real estate is finding the right property at the right price.

The roof has fairly new architectural shingles.

I contacted the National Department of Archives and History and the man I spoke with said from the looks of it on google and the architectural design he would say that it is around a 1900-1920's home.

Hello,I am a landscape contractor who has a background / education in landscape architecture.

Architecture?

A decorator can certainly add great value to a house, but a decorator will tend to focus more on staging and furniture (less-permanent aspects), whereas design is more concentrated on architectural pieces and built-in items while keeping the decorations in mind.