She was on alot of meds and was not a healthy person.  

You will be able to rent out rooms to med/dental students all.day.long which is a great tenant base.Longfellow area gets pretty rough as you head along troost and cut through to I-70 highway via Jackson st, but the city has been developing that troost corridor from Jazz district all the way down to Rockhurst, so I would argue the 'gentrification' is in full affect in that area.

It is ambitiously trying to take that money in build cutting-edge hospitals here to make the city more of an "eds and meds" economy.

we always get lots of ou med students around there and they generally are pretty good tenants.

Two of my closest friends have no college degrees and one does very well with a specialty position in a hospital's bio-med dept, the other is the VP of Global Procurement & Manufacturing for a major fire control manufacturer.Not bad for three guys without degrees.College will open doors no doubt, but that piece of paper will not keep you in.

You can do a Low/Med under $200 sq.ft if it's a flat lot with standard foundation design and doesn't require piers or retaining walls.

Or do something that makes you highly employable (a 2-year med tech degree??)

Still a great asset, still a ton of demand for the asset especially when you start looking at the retail med and dental space.  

Engineering gives you options down the road from med school, business school or something else.

Replace floor, toilet, vanity with faucet, med cabinet.- Paint everything (1 or 2 colors)Any thoughts on cost per sq. foot appreciated.thanks,Lenny