Suggest you go the electric route--less or  no maintenance costs, and when repair is needed, inexpensive compared to most gas fired boilers or furnaces.I would also have a small natural gas wall space heater installed somewhere on the main living floor (not in bedrooms) just in case of power outage and / or for supplemental heating.  

If you are planning on going ahead, the most important person in my opinion would be your property manager.

If you get an accept offer, go into DD, find out if the utilities need to be repaired or replaced and adjust your price based on your options (full replacement, pipe bursting, patching, ect) to get you your required return.

Repair, new install, or cleaning?

There will be a little bit of touch up work needed to cover and repaint nail holes in the walls (she did the place out really nicely but there are a lot of pictures and decor up on the walls)  Other than that there is no damage that I saw when I had to go in a couple of weeks ago to repair a leaky toilet valve.My question is this. 

I personally couldn't manage a home that was more than about an hour away, this is partially because I'm very hands on, and would be involved with any repairs/modifications.

If you go ahead and pull the tank you are looking at $4000 to $6000. 

Here are some guidelines in terms of doing it yourself. https://www.epa.gov/lead/renovation-repair-and-pai...You'll need to complete the Lead-Based Paint Disclosure when you're ready to sell, which your Realtor should provide to you.Thx, Dan

In mine, there isn’t, since the only people who purchase those are investors and don’t get the homeowner appreciation bump.Also, I think that your estimate of $1000/yr in repairs is low.

Calculate repair costs at 20% instead of 5%.