But I'm turned off by the top one, because they use opposite colors in counter tops.Since I love to work with historic homes and tend to incorporate some antique furniture pieces, I like that kind of 'character' .  

I'm curious partly just out of general historical curiosity, and partly because I'm wondering if it can be tied to particular point in time, what the prevailing interest rates were then.If you accept the 50% rule as being an accurate* approximation of expenses and ask the question, "how much rent would I have to charge to cover my expenses and my mortgage at x% interest?"

I'd be very interested to learn how one can see HUDs budget's breakdown across different cities to see if historically some housing authorities have experienced budget cuts in favor of others.  

I don't know if that's what you're looking for specifically, but in general the MLS is pretty detailed with that type of historical data.  

I learned about a grant program through the city of Denver that I was able to apply for and got all the historic flagstone sidewalks replaced on our block with new flagstone. 

Check zillow/historical price history 60 smythe ave, 40 blake, 41 Blake (reno sold in 2 days), 17 wallace, 31 seyle.  

In reality, only one thing matters you execute on a process that has historically shown it is likely to succeed.

It'll depend on the zoning district and whether or not its historic, but I believe the norm for a new project without a variance is a 10' setback in the front and 30' in the rear, which equates to 60% lot coverage on a 100' deep lot.

Add in the historically low interest rates. 

But listing below the highlights and risks that we would have to look intoRisk:We do not know about Reserve CapexNo inclusion of property management costsNo insight into amount of repairs neededMissing historical numbers on this property to get better sense of financial performanceDo not know motive of the agent for sellingHighlights:Only 88% occupiedRents are a little below marketAlready cash flowing on current numbersI'm going to try to do a write up like this daily