Elevations not seen from the street can go either way without spoiling the style.Keep the pocket doors into the kitchen - - just so charming - - and keeping them closed as much as possible allows a full modernization of the kitchen.Vicys have notoriously small rooms, so combining rooms or creating entirely new floor plans is fine, but pay attention to the style details.

Where is your main stack and sewer sweep-out in relation to the street side of the house?

I call it the bird streets....Oriole...Thrush...etc.Almost all of Farmers Branch. 

Then there are also those deals on one street over where the market wont pay more than $75 or $80 even if it's all brand new.  

XD I can always contest the value back up after I renovate the property and decide to sell it, if I ever do decide to sell)I also called around for property insurance, luckily I don't need flood insurance even though the property is literally right across the street from the beach ^^ but I did need hurricane insurance.

I always find funny that people with a specific quality and budget goal hire people from the streets.

Renting in Central OH is becoming ever more expensive making owning a home more attractive.According to msn.com 6 of Ohio’s cities made “The 50 Most Competitive Housing Markets of 2015” Columbus OHYoungstown, OHAkron OHCincinnati OHDayton OHToledo OHAll of these factors have made Ohio a great place for real estate investors in Ohio and has caught the ear of wall street.

(across the street from the beach), as more of a vacation spot, but possible future rental.

And this is true even if you invested in a property across the street from you.Best of luck!

The one thing I can contribute to this question is to tell you about what happened to the house with vinyl siding down the street from my parents.