Much Appreciated Mountain House has beautiful houses with modern layouts, but is way way way overpriced. 

You're right about the neighbors being your best bet, though depending on the location of the parcel, I have heard of some people putting billboards up on their crap pieces of vacant land and renting the billboard space out...Hope that helps a little

Does anyone have any experience and/or some resources that pertain to converting an old school into livable space?  

Or rent the two spaces and wait for appreciation to bail him out. 

I'm looking for something that evokes that 50s 60s feel, but modern.. not that typical flower style if possible. 

And I know of some institutional investors that have entered this space with similar rates.  

I got to say this pad looks unique...at least comparing to modern standards.

Even the big banks are bowing out of the mortgage lending space due to the higher costs of doing business.

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In the end, we put in an entirely new central A/C and forced air heating system, all new pipes, new sump pump, and a lot of new electrical.In any event, despite being way over budget, I think the rehab came out pretty nicely…The exterior:(Before)(After)This laundry room space later became the breakfast nook and part of the kitchen.