Sharing kitchen spaceThe two restaurants, one kitchen model has been around for awhile and continues to be a popular option.

They seem to be a pretty popular one in the state.

It's a very popular way for buy and hold investors to get started and a good way to save money while having someone pay for your living expenses.

@Adam Allard the reason this is such a popular strategy, is by doing the rehab to the property and increasing the value of it, you have "built" the equity into the property.  

@Nick Ferrari SmartMove is popular on BP and actually recommended by BP in the Tools section.  

Here it is:Buying a home with cash has become increasingly popular for many investors but often an investor will be caught with the restrictions to cash out loans if they need to get their money back.

Then why are brokers so popular?

They're by far the most popular in terms of 1st time buyers looking for a house-hack situation. 

It's a fourplex in Norfolk, Virginia, right in the heart of a very popular area for young people known as Ghent.

Pull the carpet, go for hard wood instead (in my area the "NYC loft" look is quite easy and popular for the higher priced units, and obviously not much work since almost everything is "exposed") But all in all you'd keep with the theme of the area I'd supposed, matching the conditions of the units whose prices you'd be trying to match.