For us, we primarily look at proximity to attractions (i.e. schools, shopping) and development (beltline, mixed use areas, revitalization projects) for appreciation purposes and then evaluate the deals based on our individual cash flow requirements.

Historic Land Use Review process in Portland was PITA, but we settled on a great design and I'm happy with plan.  

WHAT WOULD BE A NOTE RATE TO CHARGE BUYER (WITHIN CONSTRAINT OF 2 ABOVE)  FOR MAKING TJE RE-SELLING THE NOTE ATTRACTIVE IN THE NOTE AFTER MARKET?

The thing that was attractive was that I felt it could probably sell for 330K as-is.

If you want to be sure of the accuracy of a flood map and the location of a particular house you might try having a structural engineer look up the location for you they always seem to have access to the most accurate information as they have to design any building to be structurally sound on any location or tell you if its not feasible and just move on to another property. 

I asked my lawyer and accountant if I was the employer for a worker I have that I wanted to designate a 1099 employee.

I guess a better analogy would be a relationship, attraction is one thing, working well together is completely different.

We scaled back our design plans, and went with a bid for a $55,000 rehab.

Let them know you would like to have a site plan constructed laying out several potential home designs.

In general in this area of CT it is hard to make the numbers work for SFH rentals in areas you would actually want to own one in.The multi family rental market in Middletown is very strong because you attract renters from east and west of the river, and it is a more than reasonable commute to Hartford or New Haven from there.I went to HS in Wallingford.