The durability is one of the best however the coldness and cement like feel to the feet turn a lot of people off.

If so, wooden or cement?

and I have to say the more i look at precast... it can be very cool.  

I just build a 24x24 garage at a rental property of mine and built it by myself, outside hiring out the electrician and cement.

Brandon this is about a 7-8 mos. project for us - to flip the entire building over and renovate it and get it back online with new tenant pool of occupants - I renovate as many as I can simultaneously, just set it up like a conveyer belt and move through them in sequence:*Demo team - remove all old fixtures, flooring etc, cut out all tile in whole sheets - then they set the new cement board and get the drywall hung and taped, set the new plumbing rough-in valve*Flooring and Tile team follow - get that installed with the new shoe mold on the perimeter*Painting team follows*Finish team returns for all fixture and finish install - *Painters complete touch-ups if needed *Cleaning team - BOOM!

Also, when you tear off the brick to get to the drywall-like sheathing I would go back with lapped cement siding (if restrictions permit), much cheaperJust be sure you get a certificate passing mold visual inspections and air quality and that they also provide you with an 'Insurance Stamp' (what they called it anyway).I'm guessing the home's elevation versus the BFE checked out in that area? 

It's common to hear stories of cement poured into toilets and holes bashed into walls. 

Just remember if you write up doc to cement the partership, EXPLICITLY spell out how the partnership will break up, spending time now, when the deal is good, mapping out what will happen when the deal is bad, will save you much time and headache.

If permits are needed, cement pad, certain colors, etc.

If you do have a manager collecting consider a dropbox cemented in the ground and maybe back away from site (back of the park next to the managers unit) - less folks knocking on the managers door the same time every month