You need to buy right going in generating cash flow and upside is icing on the cake and not what is needed to make the investment work.   

I have two refrigerators that make ice but do not dispense water.

Then the numbers become irrelevant except when you are sipping ice tea in Scottsdale at a world famous resort pool during the winter months and you are comparing the two income streams.

These numbers are not great but for this area I think they're decent.Also I know that I bump rents in at least 2 of the units, and rent out the garages separate, and maybe even rent out some of the land for boat storage etc.Also the icing on the cake is my long term strategy, which would be to tear down the existing SFH and garage and build at least 4 more 2/1 units.

I also need a pipe that was covered in ice and it was causing the furnace to turn off and on. 

Nick, do a google on Barry Maguire REIN rent to own... he’s doing a course in red deer in a week and if I wasn’t still playing hockey I’d be going.

My goal is to buy and hold so price appreciation is icing on the cake.  

The GE Cafe package has more functionality (Ice dispenser, filtered water, Keurig, wifi), while the Viking has a stronger luxury brand. 

Rent control, I feel, becomes an additional "market factor," and it seems to be the icing on the cake of these units for sale in Boyle Heights.

Go into the process knowing there will be bumps in the road because you are taking the road less traveled, but in the end it will be worth it because you will have a house with most of, if not all of the deferred maintenance taken care of, favorable financing terms, and a little equity as an icing on the cakeLast thing is if you can work with a lender, 203k consultant, and contractor that have worked together successfully on deals together try your best to do so.