I'm pulling weight in WNY.

Plan B would be coin laundry and if you can increase you rents by adding amenities like you mentioned, gym etc  then all be it but keep in mind its your responsible to upkeep. 

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. 

We have a virtual assistant there who does the following jobs -* Quickbooks Data entry* Run payroll* Handle all aspects of insurance certificate upkeep* Run monthly insurance reporting (WC/GL)* Update payables/receivables into a weekly list for me* Pay vendors/subs at my direction* Order office supplies* Order materials for jobs* Order dumpsters and portapotties* Post images to social media* All the oddball jobs that take time but don't take a lot of thinkingWe previously had a full time employee doing this, and actually had a hard time keeping her busy.

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?

It sounds like you have some good goals set up.  Keep

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

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

My analysis shows that the initial investment was a fraction of what a similar sized stick built property would have cost, the rent received has been virtually the same, the upkeep/maintenance is not an issue if you keep on top of it.

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.