You are 8 inche from success, the distance between your left and right ear...

I learned a long time ago if you give one inch you will give a free month or two of rent... evict every time.

Prices have been inching up since Amazon announced their 2 distributions centers on the Eastside!

It’s caused one of the rooms to drop about 2 inches away from the house.

If you are an investor or contractor on any new construction project in the north east the chances are you have spent 2018 considering a move to Nevada, Arizona or any were that doesn't get sixty inches of rain in a summer. 

Replace those units and you will have a toilet 4-6 inches from the wall.

Certainly learning a bit how to spot the for sure items like the '50s 8 inch square floor tile with the associated black mastic, the heating ducts covered in thin white "insulation" as well as attics with the vermiculite insulation gives you a running start by knowing you have to add funds to rehab budget.

Just talk to other Northeastern landlords when there is 15-20 inches of snow on the ground. 

The original linolium flooring is curling up a little at the edges in the kithen entries and there are a couple of room length cracks in the ceiling sheet rock (less than an eight inch thick).

After removing ~5 tonnes of lath & plaster; replacing some structure damaged in a chimney fire in the building's past {estimated to have occurred prior to the 1930s before electricity was installed}; reconfiguring the space layout in half od the house {(re)moving 5 walls}; fixing additional structural and electrical faux pas by the prior owners and levelling the floors, we added ~3 inches of spray foam insulation (R18) into the wall cavities; rewired the house; and replaced all the original single pane, built in-place windows with Energy Star rated, triple-pane, windows {with glazings specific to their orientation}.We put the electric base-board heaters back in-place; by code we need to retain them as an auxiliary heat source to the ductless mini-split heat pump (2 heads) being installed next week.We are now finishing painting and trim.