The block walls would almost certainly be load bearing, so you'd need an engineer and contractor to make a plan to carry the load with beams or posts.

I like single family 2 or 3 blocks in from the beach.

Newly remodeled duplex in Chicago IL - Wrigleyville location - about a block from Wrigley Field 

Starker family created the 1031 it used to be called a Starker exchange this was used for when timber owners were exchanging land and did not want to pay tax.. if you look at the big landholding maps of the west you will see in the forest lands ownership is checkerboarded  IE  one section federal One private.. so there is a constant movement of these companies trying to square up ownership blocks.. this simply does not happen East of the Rockies were there is not nearly the amount of timber land or public timber land or BLM  etc.. its mainly private.. 

Indy varies block to block.

By doing so, the windows are not covering, but it definitely blocks the visibility.

They gave us some bare minimum sales spiel and blocked an appointment for us.

Sometimes it's the new kid on the block, sometimes it's the tried and true OG realtor that's been able to pivot and get with the times to their advantage.

I like to buy the worst house on the best block I can afford because fixing it up to the standard of the surrounding properties is much easier than moving it to a better location.  

I know Tucson has a lot of low-income blocks.