If you have a townhome without HVAC but window units and baseboard heating, you should have that in mind when comparing your rental with large apartment buildings with full amenities. 

I do like Burbank and North/East Hollywood quite a bit for the long run as the streaming war heats up with Netflix and Disney taking up more offices creating more jobs that will help lift the residential market as well.

Some measure the outside dimensions of the house (LxW) and get a number that way.Here in Georgia, our municipality taxes different types of space differently. ie, they have a rate for heated space (normal house inside) a rate for unfinished basement, a rate for finished basement, a rate for uncovered porch, a rate for covered porch, etc etc.

I was advised at the time that this was sufficient that if anybody ever complained about its being used as such (triplex rental property) this would be enough that any court would sustain the current use regardless of zoning or if it had been continuously occupied or not.If the property has 3 electric meters or other improvements that likely had permits in order to be converted for use as a triplex, then regardless of whether it had continued occupancy or not it might be OK.That said,  I am no land use attorney and you should probably ignore me and talk to one of them.I guess the other question is what constitutes 'high environmental standard' - high efficiency heating, plumbing and electrical is comparatively easy in many cases.   

One example of the issues with the place is a broken central heating system. 

I had a friend who is an apprentice at a plumbing & heating company take a look but he couldn't get it going again.

Neither the wife nor I were clear on if this is both units or just the unit that had the actual fire but we will inquire when we get the call with the results.The units are heated by ceiling radiant heating.  

Seller's agent promised to fix a boiler before the appraisal (due Nov. 1) and can't find someone to go look at it.It's believed to be something simple -- possibly the heat registers need to be air bled -- but I don't know about that kind of stuff, and am down to the wire.I'd appreciate some referrals.Many thanks.SaraEllen

Soon, I started to find out that in order for me to be successful I needed to know the data and numbers that indicated and projected markets, prices, movement, cycles etc.Six months later and even to this day, I continue to learn the indicators, the data, the trends, the appreciation rates, the median price points, the median family income, the DOMs, the heat pockets, the neighborhoods classifications, the demographics and the many other pieces of information that will dictate where you need to invest and how.

"Call me if there is an issue with the electrical, heat or water.