I'm dealing with my personal nightmare: A charming 2 bedroom/2 bath home, a nightmare 1st tenant, and a property manager I never should have hired.

It is typically used for gas or steam or fire suppression systems.

Hmm, I've always gotten within 3-10K of what the appraised value is this way... always has worked for me like a charm here in Southern CA, and every time my value was less than the appraisers because they only take 3-5 comps, and you do never know which ones they'll take; but here in LA area, if you took all the comps you'd have 100s of them at times depending on how dense the area is.

One of my favorite books is The Charm School, by Nelson Demille.

I thought conservatives were supposed to be big on ensuring that the government doesn't use its power to suppress the Constitutional rights and civil liberties of its people...Though if you believe Tim, shooting an unarmed, handcuffed guy in the back is not really a violation of any rights or liberties if the person doing the shooting is in a high-risk job and has to wear a bullet-proof vest to work every day.

Just wondered if anyone sees any value in saving the charm and character in these old homes.

Sounds good on paper but always noise issues, shared utilities, yards, garages everything becomes a bone of contention.For conversions, there are codes issues with the separation of living quarters and fire suppression.

@Ben Leybovich is just jealous of my charm and good looks! 

Well, after taking the Broker exam for IL three times I have finally passed-Thank God!! I have heard several people say that the exam was challenging, and I very much so agree, but I can say that I am glad that I have...

It is almost as if the US prices are artificially suppressed as both markets appear to have decoupled since 2006.