The layout and functionality of the home is going to have a larger impact on its rentability than forced air vs. wall heaters.Yes, make sure your lease is solid.  

I assume you're buying these without looking at them yourself, so pictures is your only way to know what a house looks like, what it's built of, what it's layout is, etc.

Have you had a septic designer lay out the options for you yet?  

Those look like some pretty large floor plates looking at the picture, and you did say they currently have 4 apartments on the 2nd floor.So you are looking at building out the 3rd, 4th floor at least, I am assuming to have a similar layout to the lower floors to have all your mechanicals lined up.

Yes, I like some of the retail going in there but the layout and ease of in/out is annoying.  

I bought all mine for under 50 a ft...They are newer modern layout and were realativly turn key So I have not pursed building beyond getting  my budgets.

Those fast flips are obvious since they kept a crummy layout-why bother with "the lipstick on the pig" approach?

Does the layout and decoration say "1970"?

The layout is attached.

Hey guys, we are just about to wrap up on a remodel on our second home that we are flipping, and a home next door with the exact layout hit the market and they claimed to have more square footage than our house.