This is a 100+ yr old brownstone, the layout of the basement does not allow for storage cages and with the 3 boilers, water heaters, and where the utilities/sewer line etc are arranged there isn't a way to accommodate storage without blocking access to the circuit breakers, meters, or the basement's bulkhead doors.

3 blocks from my primary residence, location, location, location!

So, painting the interior walls, replacing the old cafe green countertops with butcher block, and updating the kitchen floors and backslash, as well as the bathrooms with a "beachy" tile!

So, painting the interior walls, replacing the old cafe green countertops with butcher block, and updating the kitchen floors and backslash, as well as the bathrooms with a "beachy" tile!

You could buy the ugliest, most outdated house on the block and FHA would not care, so long as there is no chipped paint, missing handrails on stairs, holes in the roof/walls, etc.

And then within a neighborhood, two blocks over can have a huge change in value, feel, and quality of tenant.

It was one of those ancient in ground pools with a vinyl liner, cinder block walls and sandy bottom.  

You don’t know if blocked dates are actually booked or just blocked, nor do you know what rate they were booked for. 

It's extremely block-by-block and that combined with lack of knowledge about the area can be a recipe for disaster.

I’ve seen some pretty bad stone basements in my days that need to be completely redone in sections with modern block replacement.