As long as you have good enough resources and planning I think it can work out fine.

So I was wondering if it is a bad idea to just use the pictures from the listing to decide on making an offer or not (this is assuming the numbers work out). 

There is no lost income and the only extra expense is a little money for utilities along with any improvements in between tenants.It could work out well if you get in front of it.

If so, how did it workout?

Experience has taught me that they rarely work out, one always has crappy credit, neither can afford the rent, one has a boyfriend or girl friend that crashes semi permanently, one invariablt moves out, the other can not afford the rent, they want to move in another room mate etc, etc.

Hiring the work out is reasonably priced in my opinion.

and always ruin any sort of gains I made from previous workouts/ eating right. 

So your strategy of using loss from this peopery is not going to workout.

referral from a deal that didn't workout How did you finance this deal?

You are market if you choose to buy houses and turn them into rentals will be those who prefer privacy yards generally more space and they don’t care about workout rooms and party rooms.