Featuring Talavera tile, restored original Batchelder fireplace, and sweeping curved ceilings that harmoniously pair with the modern, open floor plan.

I believe with some modern upgrades each unit could rent for around $1000 as well. 

My thought is they are trying to get rid of the property by fixing it up to make it look modern and hope a inexperienced buyer takes on the property not knowing the servility of the problem.

The more modern plastic drains can probably take whatever you can put down em, but the older metal ones (and the metal under sink parts) can corrode / start leaking. 

I am creating an updated F.I.R.E. board game that is going to incorporate all of the modern strategies to reaching F.I. that we know and love like: real estate investing (BRRRR, Wholesale, Flips, etc...), Index fund investing (think the 4% rule) and the wonderful "financial runway" strategy coined by Scott Trench.

Modern FHA loans do not allow you to ge rid of mortgage insurace once you get past 20% equity. 

I've seen really modern new construction sell around here for around $600k in a neighborhood of old average homes priced around $200.

There is a proven all cash buyer right there, simply contact them and form a relationship with them.Learning how to estimate rehab costs is not easy but it is also not rocket science, it just takes practice.

I am also a full time computer science student in my junior year.

However, that is of course a question your market needs to answer for you, not some random opinion from the internet - he he.If you are going to pony up for a new floor and pulling the plywood is part of that, one option there is to go old-school classic mixed with modern technology.