Welcome to BP @Shannon GuyI grew up not too far away in the Jersey City heights...but have moved out to the midwest for work.

@James Wise I'm from the Cleveland Heights area.

They definitely exist, the East Dallas/Junius Heights area is a great place to start, but they are few and far between.

If I make it a more standard height, say 36" or so, I will have to purchase a slide in stove which increases the stove costs from roughly 500 to 1,000 or have the back of the stove sticking up which I'm afraid will look pretty ugly.

The last one I looked at was great on paper, good asking price and I almost was planning to offer before seeing to lock it up.There was 4" of water in half the basement, 1/3 of the height of the walls in the finished basement covered in mold, an addition with the walls bowing out, the roof ridge beam bowing down, and a bunch of adjustable columns in the basement under this area actually pushing the floor joists up (putting a bow in them).

I use a local company out of the Bedford Heights area for the past 2 years and have been happy with their service.

We paid $120K in 1994 since then the value went up to $750K at the height of the market in 2006 then fell to $400K.

For example, in Arlington Heights where 2 bed 2 bath homes go for $350k flippers have much more success than rental owners. 

When you say value in 76107, are you saying Arlington heights specifically?

I am looking to start investing in the Killeen/Cove/Harker Heights area and am looking for duplex properties at the moment.