Several bidders using online mapping were feverously bidding on the property.At another sale a 3 story brick row house looked good from the front, but to see the back you had to go all the way roaund the block to access an alley to see that the entire rear wall had collapsed into the back yard and there was no rear wall to the house. 

I'd like to be aware of how fear and greed color my decisions with the aim of basing decision more on fact and analysis.

Also, there is no HOA for this particular area/blocks of homes.  

These are things like paint color schemes, keeping each property in good repair, pet restrictions, holiday decorations, rental caps and all that small minutae that goes into how you can use your property and what you have to abide by.Rules and Regulations generally DO NOT require homeowner quorum/votes to change.  

That ambitious mid-level corporate exec and his teacher wife looking for real estate investment opportunities served up on silver platters who have to pay contractors to fix everything that's wrong with them, while they fuss over choosing paint colors with names like Seagreen Mist and Wistful Meadow?

Tried to flip it (no go) but held on and rented it .Sold it a year later making (minus all cost) $25,000, We were scared couldn't sell it but my wife saw a realtor on next block who really knew the area and people.. after we listed with her sold it in 30 days, this is after our contract expired from franchise fsbo --promised the world but didn't deliver.

We’ve put so much heart and soul into this property and want it to be our family lake house for days we want to block out for our family.

I prefer the darker wood colors but the grays look attractive as well.

Moving, blocking/backing, underpinning, etc is actually a pretty expensive thing to do for a home that will only be rented for a short time frame.

The duplex needs downspouts cleaned and an additional one added, plants trimmed away from the house and removed, glass block windows installed in the basement, some tuck pointing, caulking and grading done.