Thoughts from this year's tour:

905/912 NW 12th, 1217 N. Francis - some of the best quality materials that I saw on the tour, not crazy about its location next door to a low-income housing high-rise! Doesn't appear to be well-occupied. You can rent a duplex (although of a lesser quality) in Heritage Hills (better location) for much less.

Park Harvey - probably the most desperate building I saw. Formica countertops? Are you kidding me? Pay extra for the health club? Ghost town trying to charge extra for "location". Tough sell. Ugly building.

Lofts at Maywood Park - I like the affordable price point (<$200,000) but where does anyone believe that affordable equals $200 per square foot? Seriously, for $200/SF you have a lot of choices in OKC. Why does it cost so much? Greedy....

Block 42 - First mover advantage for sure, but the tour unit was the same one they had several years ago. Looks like they have hit a brick wall.

Hard to believe all the developers/city, etc. were so greedy and short-sighted to not see that you have to have population to get an area going. It's great that a few units have sold in Brownstones at Maywood Park, but do you know that most of the units are unfinished? What happens when this turns into an apartment complex? What happens to property values then? Affordable housing needs to be that - affordable, not $200/SF or $1.50/SF rent. Young, hip people want cheap, fun space, not $300,000 and up! Ridiculous!