Here are some things I do:I've done my share of 100-year old houses and often at the entrance they have some rotten flooring.

Make sure your due diligence is full and completeYour exit plan is just as important (if not more important) as your entrance into the note If you do not know the market or the area, find some people in the area who do; like investors, hard money lenders and/or agents.You pick what kind of return YOU want.

Glad to see the interest, when you go in through the Randalls entrance the Starbucks will be on the left side of the store.

I own tax liens on the parking lot and entrance driveway of a townhouse subdivision.

So, long winded way of saying, you may be just fine to occupy YOUR OWN SPACE any way you wish since I am assuming that as it was once a separate unit it has at the very least an exterior entrance.

It already has a back entrance into the basement so I was looking at turning the basement into an 1 bedroom apartment.So my question is should I split the utilities?

Don't be discouraged by complications/mistakes which are really Entrance Barriers to Beginners and Quitters.Feedback to the Author on a regular basis (Once a week or month).Did I mention, Do it!

And, they will both share a common entrance road off the main access road (casino will have other access, but this is the only neighborhood access -- there will be no pass-through traffic in the neighborhood).My thoughts are that it can be bad or good -- values could go up if the casino creates a commercial growth response and a developer wants the small neighborhood for a commercial project, golf course or something along those lines.

Ugh, I agree with Joel 100% Those stairs along with the sloped lot would turn ALOT of people off.Is there a front entrance to this building?

The complex my daughter rented in had specific smoking stations located outside the buildings about 100 feet from front entrance with benches and can for ashes, and every tenant had to sign that there would be no smoking in any part of the building, including patios.