But the chances of these may be low.The other things you can do:1) Tell scheduled showings that you will contact them to confirm one hour prior to showing and if they don't respond, the showing is auto-cancelled.

While I was speaking with this person who confirmed they had sent the email, someone had replied to the email I sent. 

I think it would be difficult to do that since the city requires the person putting in a offer to purchase must have financial proof of purchase and rehab funds and Schenectady city is weird with lots of rules and regulations but maybe someone knows better than me that can help and confirm..GL 

The Lessons Learned.....Always confirm square footage, I learned to understand how to grandfather out of date construction, learned the importance between making profitable repairs and instead non-beneficial changes.

But unless it's a designed community with limited home models, you won't find exact matches for comparables.

Does anyone know any interior designers that would take on a rookie?

In our experience, the #1 mistake landlords make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.

, What is the conservative ARV (I would confirm this with an experienced realtor familiar with the neighborhood)?

The whole thing will be designed around taking selfies everywhere. 

You can't see the inside, do you have confirmed rents and proof of payment?