Let me try to answer all of your questions. First off, yes, I have received a lot of great advice and I am grateful for it. Most of the tenants’ bad behavior I can blame on myself and the previous owner. While I was fixing up the first side of the duplex, I tried unsuccessfully to get them to be off the property smokers. I let some of their other behavior slide because their side paid for the entire mortgage while I did renovations. Since a family has moved into the renovated side, they complain consistently of the smell of cigarette smoke. The place needed major renovations since before I purchased it. It had a leaking roof, an old coal-fed furnace, and a host of other problems. I thought I would have time to save up for some of these repairs, but now it looks like everything is happening at once (with the other repairs, the furnace and roof have already been finished). With the smokers out, I can make the place entirely updated, and make a lot more in cash flow every month. The contractor is not telling me anything I didn’t already know, I had just hoped it would have been a little later.
I hope this added a little bit of context and answered some questions. I am grateful for everyone’s responses. Thank you.
