Look for long sections of pipe that aren't mechanically supported, wire nuts waving in the breeze, people using garden hose for the propane line, etc.  

What about garden apartments?  

Problem is, investors snapped up condos around here a few years back, so lots of the garden style complexes have too many investor-owned now.

They have to think about mowing the grass, weeding the gardens, the heat, the AC, the electric, etc.  

I redid the guest bathroom, updated light fixtures throughout the house, repainted the whole interior, updated appliances, built furniture, added a garden space and a variety of fruiting plants, and so much more I can't even remember.

Its not so much "how" you should do flips/rehabs in some neighborhood, but rather should you even do them to begin with or just salvage what's left.And if you go 5 blocks west - its rose gardens in every front yard with "We Call Police" signs in the windows.

A gardener probably makes $70K in Sugarland provided he has customers nearby.

2) Sounds like there are 2 legal, conforming units and then a grand-fathered/accessory garden unit where you would live?  

We just put a beautiful house in Garden Grove on the market on Friday and today received an offer from a local buying agent with a well known firm that he would like to hold open houses for us Friday, Saturday and Sunday this weekend in order to get a buyer and earn the 2.5% commission we're offering and that on top of that he will throw us an extra $500 for allowing him to do this.

Sometimes its hard to say unless you've lived here for a period of time- Toronto areas that might be higher in crime would be Moss Park, Regent park, St.