Make sure the agreements are aligned.

The trend is not likely to slow until rents become prohibitively high.Urban Property Is GoodSome cities will need to increase commercial and lifestyle components to boost their attractiveness to new urban dwellers.

The Mixed-Use would allow for a residential component but, the property/area is not in any condition to go residential. 

The oldest system is 20+ years young and the only component to have failed and be replaced was the storage tank {which is essentially an domestic hot water storage tank minutes the electrodes or burner}.Our experience has been the opposite.I agree that photovoltaic panel production is energy intensive (lots of embodied energy there) and toxic (though there are recent advancements which are starting to address this element).  

Were the other components not so extensive?

Double Declining Balance isn't a valid method for the building itself, but it is a valid method to be used if you're doing extensive cost segregation on the components.  

Ram:The house might be priced above your typical rent-to-own (read: lease plus option) crowd, which tend to be more aligned with starter homes.

Thank you.If you are going to hold long term, it's easiest to ignore the current component ages when determining how much to lay away in CapEx accounts in a long term proforma.  

Or if its not done, you're gonna pay for it later ;) Just factor that into your deal analysis as a cost of doing business in a remote marketMy only advice is to understand how everyone in the transaction is getting paid, and make sure their incentives align with yours.

She took good care of the house so, to our limited knowledge (because we are in TX and the property is in PA) there is nothing glaringly wrong with the home.We need to know the steps or components of analyzing this property to see if it would cash flow after all expenses are paid, including property management since we are out of state.