@Shaun Reilly I will definitely keep you posted on my travel dates once I get them ironed out.

The owner knew that he should have raised rents but ironically the utility costs were way higher than he expected partly because of my family.  

Roofs need extra layering material (to protect from all the ice and snow), many plumbing systems use cast-iron drains (which are tougher to tie into than PVC), many houses actually have wells for water (ours used to, and now we have to abandon it properly), electrical codes are different (this should actually help us), etc.

If the building still has knob-n-tube, you may have troubles with insurance.Similarly the plumbing could contain lead or galvanized pipe - both of which you will want to budget it replace - on the supply side and galvanized, cast iron or clay on the drain.  

Ironically,just yesterday I was listening to a Joe McCall podcast on coaching.

Solid brick building, 3 car iron fenced garage. tenants pay for electric and gas.

Currently working on a seller finance deal, in the middle of iron out the details, and I got the lead from Craigslist as well.

Ironically on this deal I thought I'd be paying each house in full (thus having to resort to OPM) but it in fact turned out that the deals were just for just the down payment.

Will contact you sometime this summer (many irons in the fire at the moment).

Ironically this is just one of those deals that I had spoken to the seller first and I was going to get it under contract personally and he literally told me he would give me a week and the very next day he talked to a realtor and the realtor told them that he could get 20k more And that's why I was on the ML last listed at 400k because the buyer wanted more money than what it is currently worth in the houses state and current condition and the fees involved now with that realtor and such....