If they have nice pictures and clear information about the property they probably have a good head on their shoulders, and they will probably not want to sell or want to sell for more money because the property makes money.The areas where I see potential deals are Powderhorn/Phillips in South and some neighborhoods in North in MPLS, and Midway/Frogtown, W 7th, and the E and W side of Saint Paul.

What may not come into play immediately are updated hallway widths or number of outlets and overhead lights, those things may only be asked for when you remodel.  

Things like the density are important (4 units/ac), but what about minimum lot widths, frontage, setbacks, mitigation or environmental?

All I can add is make sure you have built the framework for investing with great knowledge, and at that point you will be head and shoulders above 95% of the competition! 

At only 40 his shoulders and hands are giving him trouble.

Check to be sure the width and thickness of both floors are the same, as well as them having a sufficient wear layer (as one may have been sanding more times than the other).

Michael Fanoni You need to weigh your risks, if the clean-up guy goes to clean gutter, falls down, and breaks his hips, can't work forever, then obviously you will have to shoulder a big ticket, lawyers will go after you so hard that it will make more sense to foreclose.

:) Anyway, you seem to have a good head on your shoulders and I wish you the best in your RE investments!

, and me a chance to watch over his shoulder and soak knowledge in.

They took the max width x depth of the first floor (even though it's not a straight rectangle ie it has missing corners. ).