Your cheapest option might be to pour a small concrete landing at the bottom of the stairs then frame up a set of wood stairs (wood stringers and risers/treads). 

Hi @Victoria Jonagan yet another architectural voice here-if your utmost concern is about the ease of selling/renting the place then wood should do a lot better for you for just the acquired taste description @Roman Pak cites (I know because I put in concrete counter tops in my kitchen that I loved but came to regret when I sold.)  

Chicago’s main park was once a cemetery (all the bodies were moved) and since no one knows the history of the park, people don’t care (out of sight, out of mind).

This will be my first foray into buying an investment property, sight unseen (**bites nails**), based purely on the numbers and my faith that @James Wise will be the phenomenal property manager I hope he can be.No pressure James ... :)My hope is that in a few months, if all goes well, I'll be sharing my success story here and then thinking about how to scale out.

It sits on a nice corner lot with woods across the street and to the side and back of the property which I like.  

Unless I lose my job tomorrow (knock on wood) I just wont start borrowing time from work, and money from the wedding fund to get out there.So while I wait and save up money, I decided to take the real estate agent courses.

Since the roof needs to be repaired, what other damage (ceiling, drywall, wood) did it cause that you also aren't seeing, but a home buyer's inspector may see?)

Anyway, I signed a lease sight unseen.

Is it a park with heavy use or a few trees and a path in the woods? 

Waiting on maintenance guy to replace 4 inches of rotten wood at bottom of exterior window.14.