You could build a box around it, but I'm not sure why it matters.

On occasion I rent to tenants with pets if all the other boxes are checked.

Have a clear cut buy box: i.e.

Drop trying to "think like a businessman", "reinvest in your business", "level up" etc - the fewer empty words you pollute your brain with, the clearer is your thinking.Now, off of my weekend soap box. 

The vast majority of investors don't even know how to create a buy box; yet they want to make a business out of investing.

I had another person try to bargain me down to $1700/month, and said she was moving out of her dad's house and so needed room to store boxes in the extra bedrooms. 

It has a boxed entrance typical of old buildings with a latch on it.

Can you put some reserves into a "lock box" type account that is your money but locked at escrow for up to a period of time.  

Hot water heater, furnace, gas, electrical box, HVAC, oil tank, plumbing pipes.

Also started focusing on researching available options in the area that are in my buy box criteria to get me more familiar with what the area has to offer.