Then they periodically (perhaps weekly or bi-weekly) walk around the yard to clean up the poop.

You will meet people from different walks of life that will give you different perspectives on real estate investing.

You have to walk up several steps from the ground floor to get there.

People like walk out basements, trees, water, boulders, views or lack of view.  

And of course the general location and specific location (is it on busy street, near train tracks, transformer substation, etc.)After that, I would say the quality of the kitchen and bathrooms as well as the master bedroom (is there a walk in closet).Then HVAC.

All help is appreciatedThank you  check permit pulls on your city and how much the build cost is per square foot. email your plans out to the builders, to site walk.

That will lead you to epic failure.If you haven't walked a lot of homes, or none, for investment purposes you need to find an investor-friendly realtor near you and start getting viewing reps.

Could you walk me through why you are putting $25k down? 

My husband sees her walking the streets with a shopping cart every now and then.

You will meet people from different walks of life that will give you different perspectives on real estate investing.