As an accredited investor, I echo @Jay Hinrichs in that I do not see or predict another meltdown like 08, but as noted by great books like Fooled By Randomness and The Most Important Thing, we tend not to see the black swan that creates sudden downturns. 

I'm in Northern Black Hills, reach out for any questions!

Hi Michael,The Zillow street view looks rough.Some things to think about:[1] Lack of off street parking (possibly add parking on garbage can side).[2] No real storage space (possibly add locked storage sheds for each unit on grassed over driveway side.[3] Non matching front doors, possibly match front doors, and not paint them blue red, black or pink--aka gang colors.[4] Possibly add black shutters to front windows.[5] Your insurance is ok with 3 steps with no handrails (???)

Well…. the situation is not so black and white.My wife and I recently had our first baby!

Also, if you're familiar with SD you'll know that the further you go from DT/ hillcrest/NP the less diverse it gets and as a young black couple with no kids, we really don't want to live too far in the "suburbs".Because my wife was attending grad school for the last 2-3 years, we tried to live modestly in a small 1bd 1ba 600 sq ft ($1K/m) but had pest problems in the first 2 place we lived in (cockroaches were coming in from an open bathroom fan in the 1st place and from the pluming in the kitchen wall in the 2nd place).

Hey @Dan ZaccardiIn addition to going to the BP networking event that I am working to start up, I would also recommend going to the Black Diamond event in Waltham and Chelmsford AREIA event.

The east side of I35 is also primarily built on black dirt which makes foundations move and fail more, so keep an eye out on foundation issues before you buy.

Alex, besides networking at our Worcester Black Diamond event, consider connecting with Worcester Property Owners Assn. which has evidently morphed into masslandlords.net.

@Eric Black - That's probably a good idea...

I wanted to replace with all stainless, but because of my cuts I'm looking at either all white or all black... or is this one area I shouldn't skimp on?