I'm a decent handyman with lots of tools and fairly skilled with electronic dodads.

I wanted to select not only a good tenant, but one that also banked/paid bills electronically.  

The original electrical would have been installed to run a few incandescent bulbs, a radio or two and perhaps an early appliance and was not designed to handle today's electronic demands.Another thing to keep in-mind, depending on when the property was converted to apartments, is that the conversion may not - quite likely will not - meet current fire codes, which will both impact your insurance rates and your renovation costs when you do undertake a substantial rehab.That gorgeous exterior, with it's clapboard/shakes (or era brickwork) and elaborate trim will be high maintenance - that does not mean it's not "worth it", just that you need to budget accordingly.Personally, I enjoy performing deep energy retrofits on these old buildings (which can be very solidly built), but it can be an involved and costly experience, hence we are always looking for the unloved and run-down which can be purchased cheaply.If that house has been 200+ days on market - and no other landlord or investor has touched it - tells me there is a problem with the value proposition of the deal.  

I don't particularly enjoy reading much (which I realize is a major weakness of mine that I am continually working on) but certainly enjoy listening to books via electronic means (especially the Podcast!) 

Every employer I've ever worked for that did direct deposit provided electronic pay stubs.  

If I use something like Adobe sign to get the homeowner's signature electronically on a sales agreement, could I assign it?

The electronic lockboxes are a relatively new concept. 

You break a couple glasses or put a slight ding in something I don't charge but you pour beer in something electronic we charge.

I went in today to set up electronic payments, add my other properties...do what I should have done in May when I signed up.  

At lunch I went to the county registrar of deeds to do some sleuthing.Lender is First Franklin, a division fo National City Bank out of San Jose, CA(Wikipedia indicates First Franklin was bought by National City Corp & Merrill Lynch, which was in turn bought by BOA & PNC Financial Services)Also listed was MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registry System), P.O.