Try lowering your deposit amount and adjusting your rent price.

Best bet is to get inspections and or professionals out to assess the systems and provide estimates.With the roof 20-50 years depending on the climate, area, type of shingle and type of roof.

I Tend to think big and bet on my skills.

Probably their best bet is to just deal with the inconvenience and pay the small moving fee - or find a new apartment ran by a more professional operation .

I suggested you can have a new bull-nose built and Brian pointed out you can raise the existing one - both of these ideas will work and both rely on the fact nobody is going to notice an extra 1/4 inch of height there.When I see these pics the thing that stands out to me is that the parquet is dated and on top of that, they got lazy and raised it up instead of removing the plywood (it was likely originally carpet) and adjusting the height with something else.

I'll bet you'll have selers and rehabbers jumpin all over.  

I added in the adjustments you mentioned and yes it got even worse for cash flow, but other places I am looking at have worked well.

Good Luck and I would adjust that lease at the first opportunity!

I would also suggest calling the sales comps to no only get details of what their rents are but also to build a list of amenities to help you adjust the comp rent to the asset you are looking at.

The few times that I've looked, it did look like multifamilies near and around the campus area/downtown would be the best bet.