It is an antique with Olde World Charm -- a semi-attached English Tudor in North Flushing.

If you do a lot of your own screening (free aside from time) then this can be effective, but you kiss a lot of frogs before you find that prince charming.

I would also find out ages on key systems (roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire alarm & suppression) and estimate initial/short term capital outlay accordingly {If you get to an accepted offer, you'll look at these things in more detail}Are all units separately metered for all utilities?

I don't do a ton of retail flips anymore but when I did this worked like a charm.

It's a B/B- prop in a C but improving area that is starting to attract some hipster/artist types.I just rented a nice 1:1 on the same block that was markedly smaller but charming, with a good floor plan, for $495 - which was basically .90/sf plus $50/mo utilities.If I put that same model on the new duplex, which is clean plain jane vs charming, I get a crazy number... $900, which is more than a 3/2 in this area.

If the store fronts are/were restaurants, check to see if they still have the hoods and air flow evac systems and fire suppressant systems.

She has suppressed immune system, and the bathroom has some mold in it.

It was located in a very quaint area ( actually there are only a few subdivisions in this area with the same charm, surrounded by not as desirable areas, and the houses sell for 50-100k more ) Lesson 2 .

As a complete newbie a couple years ago we bought a charming old Victorian converted into a triplex and by old I mean probably built in 1800's.

Oh wait then they say "don't blame us we told you to be careful" in their contract (see below) as we only hire huge corporations as sub contractors that has billions of dollars to keep you suppressed in litigation for shoddy work...