It's the ugly duckling on the block on an otherwise really nice street.

The last house I did was 95% stucco and the windows had a flange around the outside, not a block style.

There are houses the next major road (5 short blocks away) up that are going for 400-600,000$ and those prices are moving in the direction of where this house is based on development going on around it which will hopefully make it great to rent because people want to live within walking distance to the local coffee shop (15-20 min walk), a farmers market (15-20 min walk), 2 grocery stores (15-25 mins in either direction) .

New guy on the block here. 

Living and kitchen blocked by walls made everything seem smaller.

Also, they used to purchase blocks of insurance through Lloyds of London to secure their underwritings and I believe that they are doing it internally now.

(The Next Block over was totally Gentrified) - More details of the house: Listed at 18k, during the walk through, I noticed it needs, ALL new flooring.

If it's in or near a tourist area, you could AirBnB it for the 10 months and just block off the time you'll need/want to use it.

I would recommend creating a new listing and blocking out the dates that are already booked, and then having seller and buyer co-host the existing bookings on the sellers account.

Nicest house on the block is not always a good thing.