What about design considerations from a functional standpoint? 

Zoom has a built in function for breakout rooms, where you can be placed with a handful of other attendees and make some connections.

For example, the largest HML in the country (I don't like to mention names on public forums but it's not hard to tell) used to think that credit scores didn't matter as much, and the average credit scores of their borrowers were in the low to mid 600s. 

If your looking for a general contractor I would suggest using the BiggerPockets network function.

No, your expectation as a buyer is these both function as expected.

They keep track of it over two six-months periods.When I had it, it was because I was a member of the local REIA; I don't know if it's possible for people off the street to sign up for it, or if it's free to sign up.I think there's a version with less features, just called Pro, that may be free - I don't know how much functionality you get with it, though. 

Sure you can buy more doors in the middle of nowhere, but Chicago is the third largest metro in the country.

This is especially functional when you learn a tenant has been paying for and maintaining a long term offsite storage unit for a while.

And while functional, that weird shelf makes me cringe.Its hard to say if you can get more money by renovating or not. 

I am seriously considering buying a property that is basically in the middle of one of the campuses of our area's largest university.