My grandmother (86) is getting too frail to go up and down the stairs on a daily basis, so she just stays on the top floor and makes my mom weight on her up and down the stairs. 

I feel that the ability to maximize depreciation will be a strongly weighted factor when choosing my next investment property, along with the typical numerical factors.Tldr; fluff above (hope I didn't make too many people cringe), just read stuff belowMy question is primarily, what type of property do you see as being able to maximize cost seg?

A good RE agent is worth their weight in gold here.Definitely no rule of thumb for estimating initial repairs.

With the kind of equity you'll have coming out it's also not a bad time to be looking at some defensive investing and allocating your proceeds strategically to lessen your correction exposure. 

Just as I transfer my weight to the first step I hear that unmistakable crack of wood fracturing.

I’d recommend setting up group showings to minimize time spent showing the unit and lessen the pain of a no-show.

You can bump the price close to 500k and substantially lessen your reno work load. 

The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.

Unless they make collapsing cars or start teleporting people, the ability to have 1-car parking near center city will be worth its weight in gold.

Well worth it because the dump charges you by the weight of what you are dumping.