If anything happens, you are ultimately responsible regardless of fault.

Definitely read the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing if you haven't already.

You might start with Ultimate Free Beginners Guide

Yes, and "normal wear and tear" will be easily defined ultimately, it's what the judge says it is. :)

That’s where Real Estate comes in.Time: More than anything, time with family is the ultimate goal here.Finance: More will be revealed.Future: To build a sustainable business to provide for current and future goals.

I looked at the site's buy n hold calc, but I don't like not being able to see the inputs on the same page.What I'm trying to see ultimately is the return on a turnkey condo in my city.

Ultimately if you structure your investment the right way from the start, things will work out. 

This seems to be an expensive option to then create a wonky two-structure property that would ultimately not make it easily saleable, financeable, etc.Or, I let it be and the city can stare at an empty but very visible 50x50 lot.Is there an easy button to push on this?

My guess is that the realtor community will continue to grasp at this old format for as long as they can, but ultimately the high costs will only further incentive the market to do away with them.

I graded the neighborhoods in the Cleveland market in The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods.