Though the rent amount is in line with the area, your tenant pool is more limited, and there's a lot more space to maintain and get damaged, so your returns likely won't be so great.If you find that it's difficult to rent, I thought @Corby Goade's idea of converting it to a duplex is a good one if the building and zoning will permit it; alternately, you could knock out a wall to combine a couple of bedrooms to make it a 5/3 or even a 4/3 (or use some creative marketing - it's 5BR + office/den/whatever) to help make it sound more in line with norms.Hopefully you'll find a family that will want to rent it for years and years - it'll no doubt get torn up, but we all run that risk with our properties.  

Currently have a 10 unit project in permitting in the 33914 zip code.These small scale communities are targeted to GenX & Baby Boomers as they prefer smaller quieter communities that come with professional management.Quite a shortage of 2bed/2 bath apts especially in the Cape. 

There were a few issues since utilities were off for a few years, I needed additional permit and inspection to turn on the electrical.

Either you don't fully understand the cost of properly cleaning up such a mess or are willing to take shortcuts to do it without necessary permits and government oversight....likely incorrectly and thus cause further ground contamination.Good luck

Is the upside, once permitted, that great?

Of course they don't do this for anybody we were top log suppliers to Menasha in the 90sThen there is the tracts that we could short plat  IE create 4 lots... again value add.. buy right off of MLS  log short plat and sells building lots.. between these activities we also did very well.. the neat thing about logging in our areas Permits are over the counter and your good to harvest in 3 days. 

In some areas, if you want to "park" a dumpster on the street, you will need a permit for that purpose from the municipality. 

In addition to the post office, check your local property tax office or Clerk of Court or public works/planning/building permit office. 

., no doubt @Richard Dunlop knows how to navigate the Detroit Courts better than I but one of the difficulties with getting judgments in Detroit is that the judges will not usually permit a landlord to get a money judgment at the same time as a possession judgment.

For the most part they are willing to work with you if you are proactive and file permits to correct the liens in a certain amount of time.What exactly is the lien for?