That said, for the screening criteria (if the potential tenant ask), set a height minimum score, so you can denied anyone you don’t like (ie, tenant with pit bull as support animal ...) base on that without worrying about all the threats of fair housing lawsuits.

Specifically, old Seminole Heights / Sulphur Springs area.

The property is in Crown Heights, off Rogers Ave. 

Adequate ceiling height.  

We ideally want to live in the greater San Diego area (Point Loma, North Park, South Park, Normal Heights, Balboa, Golden Hill) in a SFR but would definitely consider an apartment complex if it it meets our needs (parking, yard/patio for the pets, security).TIA.

If something is a safety issue (perhaps the railing depending on how many stairs and the total height), then address it. 

Boyle Heights, Long Beach, and Pomona are all good examples.

Charles I definitely agree and I am not even close to being a tax person.When I do commercial short sales the sellers ask about the 1099 phantom gain and how that will be huge to deal with.I tell them if they can to try and do a loan mod or interest rate reduction first.Some bought at the height of the market and are pouring money into an over leveraged property.

I guess they learned to be landlords by watching movies like The Super and Pacific Heights!

I said done... now I really did not want to put out 250k in cash for bare land.. but I did it.. 16 months later the city started developing and in the height of the market I sold it for 935k CASH to a developer... so what would have been my worse turned into my best..