If everything was fixed up and the seller is cash flowing nicely, he can just sit on the market waiting for a full price offer, but with half his units not being rented, he can be in the hole or barely breaking even (depending how much he is getting for the other two units).

Hopefully, it's an expense that's once a year (at most) so it's barely a rounding error.  

-Will bring on headache/stress/discouragement-Potential for bad tenants at lower rent rates-Not in a prime growth areaI am not opposed to this property, so please do not assume that all the negatives associated with property B are me trying to justify that property A is better.

If you are looking to get the bare minimum coverage, confirm with your lender (if you have one) what is the least amount of coverage they will accept.

I can remember struggling to get 950 for my first condo and barely covering my costs!

Speaking as a noob and a (barely) millennial, I've found business cards necessary for networking.

For me 1)  No builder makes good/bad homes ....Builder may have good/bad design SINCE almost all homes (60K to 10MM)  in Houston are being built by a group of very hard working team of people who are barely making a living.

Comps for rents in the area have me barely breaking event if at all.

I've seen lots of other rentals in Detroit and the bare minimum is done. 

I'm hoping to get 3-4 in the next three years at the bare minimum.