@Kenny M.If he owns the rest of your block, he wants it bad.

In ways that I don't think are typical for the rest of the country.

I’m sure in this business we’ll come across quite a few “f off’s” because we want to find a deal, we’re not like the typical sally homemaker buying a home with no other intention than to live there the rest of our lives.

Lots of oversized windows 15ft ceilings in living room 10ft throughput the rest of the downstairs and 9ft upstairs.

I will "self insure" on the small stuff (hence the high deductible) but if something catastrophic happens, I don't want to be worrying about the economics as well as the rest of the mess.

The rest of the cities you mention have a major challenge - and that is the high taxes. 

The plan was simple - The house was originally built as a duplex before being converted to a single-family home, so all it would take was a kitchen install, some framing, and a good bit of cosmetic work to convert it back into a duplex and add upwards of $50,000 to its market value.Now, the deal on financing was that I'd bring $16,000 to the table, and my HML would cover the rest of the purchase price along with a $35,000 escrow for construction costs all at a 12% interest rate along with 3 points up front - Yikes!

Once you get that, the rest will follow.Once people actually start to be accountable for their own success, thoughts analysis, and decisions, will they start actually becoming more successful.

@Robert Szigeti Is the room a different level than the rest of the  house?

. / week on property related tasks with the rest handled by the property management company.