Everything is broken down in that book - it is a fantastic tool for doing your own estimates.ARV: Get on Trulia and look for comparable properties (comps) that were sold recently.

However, the window was broken in such a way that it was stuck open.  

Maybe your Dad did the best he knew how.Regardless,  "take your broken wings and learn to fly again."

If it isn't broken with a full rehab you are giving tenants issues they did not have rather then solving issues they might have. 

Unfortunately, with a higher rate of transience at this price point, leases will be broken with uncollected rent, and once the property is vacant, it needs to undergo a make-ready and then has to be marketed.  

I bought another old house with broken windows and crumbling mortar for $100k, invested just over $100k, rented for $2200/month for about 3 years also, selling it in 2016 for $370k.

The condominium neighborhood is apparently broken up in to multiple groups.

Emergencys are:No heatNo hot waterWater leaksSafety issues (broken windows, doors, etc)Fire

It was loose because the top of the faucet had broken.

The rental market was still promising this time of last year; I got good responds from just Craigslist along for this same house.As for your other creative option, I have the same concert for its negative effect, so I’d just passed the words to my immediate neighbors for someone they might know.Since it’s tougher to rent the whole house out I thought, I’d also just done tried rented half of the house out and planed to then rent rest of them rooms out individually but ended up with a nightmare; almost needed an eviction for that guy who rented half of it; no rent paid the very first month came (his car got broken into with his ID gone; bank account froze up; it has to be the day right after he wrote me the rent check; after he wrote another check that was postdated 10 days later then the due day prior along with other cover ups), to top off his horrible living condition with my house.