Hi Doug,i'll take the stairs (it's better for the heart).Save 100% of your income.

Mortgages is $1025 upstairs rent $1125, Down Stairs $850 What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I also updated the stairs.

No bedrock, no cement, not even a stack of stones, nothing to keep those 4X4s from slipping in deeper and deeper, which is what they do with the weight of a kitchen and the help of a few million termites...and being the old deck/back patio...as in 1920 house. 

No stairs appeal to the 55 and older as well as the single,new families.However to get the footage the buildings tend to sprawl somewhat.Maybe your market is different?

Another common material here in Georgia is Hardie plank (cement based siding).

In addition, the walkway and stone stairs will need to be redone as well.

Such as cement cast, plastic. 

I've heard of using foam and/or cement to fill in the old ducting and I'm curious what y'all have ended up using.Thanks!

Before photo: After photo: Rehab surprises: When I bought the property, it had a layer of cement that looked OK but over the winter this layer started to crack everywhere.