Purchase price: $400,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Air BNB rental at Virginia Beach ocean front What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Like they are conjuring their ratings out of thin air. 

I got off of active duty air force and was looking for a job.

Older homes typically take more utilities to keep warm or cool if windows are old and let air out.

Fresh air,clean water and the distant sound of a river is peaceful and soothing.

Fresh air,clean water and the distant sound of a river is peaceful and soothing.

It seems like it has the potential to be a decent house hack where I can live in one side and rent out the other side, but I am analyzing it as if I were renting out both units.Here's the overview:Seller accepted my offer of $90,000 (they were originally asking $95,000)Similar sized duplexes rent for around $1,500 total ($750 per unit)The total gross rent would be about 1.6% of the purchase price.I can get a conventional 30 year loan @ 4.5% interest, with a 5% down payment.Mortgage payments with PMI would be around $469 according to mortgagecalculator.org (not including taxes or insurance)Using the 50% rule of thumb to estimate expenses, I might be able to cash flow around $140 per unit.Here's what I found out when I went inside:There are 2 new forced air furnaces.Updated pex and PVC piping.Updated electrical wiring with separate panels.2 old corroded hot water tanks.

I'm hoping some of you can share some insight on the importance of certain amenities for attracting and keeping tenants such as:-An enclosed garage-Air conditioning-Radiant or central heat-1 vs 1.5 bathroomsWhich are considered a must-have, nice-to-have, or are irrelevant?  

For example: you install a air conditioning unit in 2009 and depreciate over 27.5 years but then it fails 10 years later in 2019.

The whole house needs a deep cleaning, fresh paint, doors replaced and an air conditioning unit.