Chances are your unit will look like that when they are done. 

Treat this first year as a chance to gain experience and refine your approach.

Will the sale price be worth the cost of the repairs?

Information including but not limited to: - Median Sale prices for different property types (SFR, MFR, Condo/HOA, etc.)- Average days on market- Absorption rate- Historical data on rents and sale prices in the area- Population growth- Main economic drivers (industries, individual companies, etc.)- Crime stats... if you know specific zip codes/submarkets that you'd like to target, the best data will come from local precincts. - and more..I'd recommend remaining active not only here on BiggerPockets, but in other valuable RE investment networks that you can find - i.e. local meetups (meetup.com, eventbrite, BP local events). 

Purchase price: $58,500 Cash invested: $55,000 Sale price: $155,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven and Carol Tarnowski teamed up for a transformative project on 14th St, Fond du Lac, WI.

Does anybody by chance own rentals in Cahokia, IL?

My friend spent $81,000 on marketing and told me he could not trace one sale to a lead generated by the program and that the program generated almost no leads anyway.  

Not much to add to the good advice already written, exceptYour mom could easily get a reverse mortgage to pay for her care, then you and your brothers could split the equity left upon sale.

That way you control it, they may get some $ from the sale to pay you rent and you own and control the property Thank you for your insight, Chris.

Not a snowballs chance in hell.