Now on the other hand (which happens to be my luck) you have the one looking for a fireplace, deck, all the upgrades and the rest is down hill as far as them maintaining the property etc.

Removing the fireplaces and this wall could modernize the place.There was a fire from a fireplace so removing a fire source not a bad idea if I keep as a rental.

Living Room: Replace ceiling fan, remove ugly white trim above fireplace, install laminate (using laminate throughout house except for kitchen and bathrooms).  

If you don't want OSB for subfloors or sheathing, you can upgrade with plywood, I don't see the need...My $67 a foot includes extras such as, 9' first floor ceilings, wood burning fireplace, high hat lighting, upper tier granite kitchen & bath tops, hard wired for alarm system.

Here are the skills and lessons I learned during the rehab of my second rental.1.If the property has been vacant for over a year and still has fleas, there may be a raccoon living up inside the fireplace.

Does anything exhaust out the chimney (is it being used or future use with existing fireplace)?

I told him ours taken out (including fireplace lugs) and ask his number so I can ask my husband and informed him.

This one wall has brick inside behind the fire place, you can see the gap is about 2.5 inches.

The mason that did the work also put in two foundations for two planned fireplaces. 

- We're having a home audio company come in this Tuesday to mount our TV above the fireplace and install wire concealment ports.