If its a middleman or wholesaler they use the time to shop the place around to the ultimate final buyer who will pay the biggest assignment fee.2)    Reasons for not wanting to be last one to sell -    If the individual lots are being developed as opposed to a much larger parcel (like the edith macefield situation) being assembled its probably less of a risk,   but once a large percentage of the housing has been redeveloped to townhouses where I was a couple things started happening - first the feel of the neighborhood changed from charming, historic residential to modern urban,  and a lot of the initial people who moved into the townhouses said they moved there because they like the lower density but could not afford a "real" house.   

I’m looking to force appreciation in an area that doesn’t historically appreciate well.

The market is priced taking into account its historically high appreciation (market and rent appreciation).So what are the options:1) Find a RE that has a value add where you can increase equity immediately. 

Hello BiggerPockets, has anyone out there ever restored a historical property and taken advantage of state/federal tax incentives?

Construction of 4 new apartments in a functionally obsolete historic building.

The hardest thing to get is historical data, however, if it's a property that's listed with an agent, you can always just ask that agent for any information you want.

And it's not at historic lows now (for several periods). 

They wanted to demo it, but it was in the historic district and they didn't allow that. 

Does anyone have experience with historic tax credit transferring with the sale of condos?

I put in in the lease that "this is a historical house and many of the features of this house do not meet current building standards.