How does an awkward layout impact your rental?

[Peter Schultes]

Hello, everyone! I came across a wholesale deal for a 3 bed 1 bath 1100sf semi-detached SFR. It's two stories with all three bedrooms on the second story. The entrance door and staircase to the second story are both in the living room. The only bathroom is located behind the kitchen which is behind the dining room which is behind the living room, so tenants would have to cross the entire house if they needed to use the bathroom starting from any bedroom. Doing major rehab/conversion work to the house would not make the numbers work for this deal (if they did, I'd extend the second floor to fit a bathroom). Does anyone have experience with renting such a layout? If so, how has this impacted your ability to rent at your local market rate? Also, how much longer has it taken to rent out such a layout compared to layouts where the bath were on the second floor with the bedrooms?