On the income side there are numerous things you could do to improve revenue but they are not listed.  

Of course, your opinion is just as valid as mine, and if it works for you, that's all well and good.True, you definitely do NOT want to give up a 3% loan....BUT there are numerous CREATIVE ways to build net worth FASTER than hold and reinvest cash flow.  

That makes the steps look nice, but they do stand out as different.I prefer tile for bathrooms since they are more at risk of getting wet and having sitting water.

Another could be if you have a pinhole leak in the supply line...I'd be less inclined to assume supply just because it would probably be so wet that you'd have interior damage and a much higher water bill.

There are numerous tenants rights organizations in Baltimore looming for exactly this and other issues.

Market the unit as having a kitchen + wet bar (eg, selling the not-a-kitchen in the not-a-unit as a feature) and being some sort of "luxury penthouse apartment" or something.

On the other hand, I have bought numerous properties from absentee owners that paid cash for their investment property here.

Bonus: Find homes that can be easily divided into 2 units (e.g. main house upstairs with separate downstairs area including bedroom, bathoom, wet bar and separate entrance).

In this market that's hard to find cash flow, I'd offer to look into a live-in-flip to get your feet wet & a solid understanding of rehab costs. 

I've sent him numerous emails specifying what I want and I now have a bunch of unanswered texts asking about what's going on.