They are the "best house on a bad block." 

Fraudsters know that your only hope is to incur expensive legal fees that will drain you of more money but have a very low chance of success; and therefore you won't want to incur throwing good money after bad to go after them. 

If you are looking at adding a bathroom, try your best to locate the new bathroom as close as possible to an existing plumbing/drain source (either the kitchen, or to another bathroom).  

For example one big row of 15 units isn't optimal but if I want to break them up I would have to have 20' between blocks, which would kill yield.Instead of waiting for them to modernize their multi-family regs (at least a year out, maybe two) or sucking it up and living with the costs as things stand, I could instead do 5 "triplexes" of single-family + 2 ADUs and bypass some restrictions (only 5' setbacks between blocks, 1 parking space per ADU unit instead of 1.75, etc.).But I'm concerned that Seattle builders may quickly move away from this strategy as HB1110 will (in Seattle and many other larger cities/counties, but not mine) soon enable sixplex townhouses in pretty much all the areas where the condo-ized ADU strategy has been mushrooming. 

Akron, like most cities, can change from block to block so parts of some zip codes are no goes for me.

Do these drain to city sewers?

Pay no attention to the keyboard warriors that took a course from a guru that's really not been around the block.

Also, in some markets, market demand changes from block to block. 

I associate it with 1,000 sf houses on blocks with no garages and an illegal trailer dropped in the backyard.

Because in reality, by not hiring a property manager, and committing to doing the easier things myself--like unclogging a toilet / shower drain, fixing a light bulb, pest control, calling a plumber--I am committing to be on standby for many hours, which is a sacrifice of peace of mind / being able to leave town or take vacations--and I would like to know if it's worth it.