He dressed like a homeless guy in an ancient truck to collect rent (ok, his normal working on rentals outfit or working in the yard duds, even now).

Strangely enough this one was not an ancient home either (built in the late 70s) and is worth pretty good money (150's now, was 200's at one time).

@Brian Nordman Banks don't like blowing the dust off ancient comps but I have seen them do it. 

@Nita Martin I agree with everything above: you definitely need to dial in your rehab estimate (and then double it for unexpected issues that are bound to crawl out from under the ancient floorboards).

thats so far over my head that it could just as well be greek LOL  were does roofstock play into this.. 

Minutes away from the famous Sponge Docks and Greek Town.

But here's the problem: they all concern historical buildings (I invest in Europe, ancient cities like Maastricht and Liège).These will require a lot of renovations to get them up to speed with the new EU energy-efficient requirements and such.

The Japanese have already shown us that a country can carry in excess of 200% debt to GDP and the Greeks have shown us that 170% is unsustainable.

.*: Styx - from ancient Greek mythology, the river running along the border between the world of the living and the world of the dead ("the underworld", Hades, etc.).

Both heating units were ancient; in fact, the first floor unit was being heated by the original boiler, which belonged in a museum.