Having said that, the last time I meet up with an appraiser for a conventional loan purchase of a rental property, she pointed out a few pieces of rotted siding but failed to mention the more serious safety issues of the rotted deck that was attached to the house by the rotted siding and also failed to mention that the stairs and railing were loose and rotted too.An FHA or VA appraiser would have mentioned health and safety issues but the conventional appraiser overlooked those issues. 

May put the half bath under the stairs like I've seen in so many older homes (home was built about 1930).

The handyman is saying 2 days to fix the water lines and jack it up so he can replace the cement blocks and make it safe to live in.

I am struggling with determining what type of floor I should go with for the main area, kitchen, stairs and hallway.  

I haven't toured the house yet, but I think it also could easily be adapted to a multifamily with an exterior stair access or perhaps an interior one, but have to look at it  However, it is also in a real nice neighborhood of old SFR just like it, so I'm hard pressed to want to ruin the outside appearance with a stair case.Sooo...First question - is a three story, 4 bedroom, 3500 sgft house too big to successfully rent in the SFR market?

Or if she falls down the stairs carrying a basket?

And then there is the dust from tile, and cement board, and granite ... oh my! 

The reason could be different neighborhood, better schools, more square footage, less square footage, yard vs no yard, stairs vs no stairs.  

At the moment, I don't think it will pass VA inspection standards, the porch stairs is rotten and support is broken. 

My wife's grandpa unfortunately just had his leg amputated due to complications of diabetes and therefore they will likely need to sell their home due to stairs.