The winning bidder changed out flooring, fixed up the kitchen a little, installed new washer/dryer and then leased it up.

The garden unit is nice, finished, has a kitchen, and 2 bedrooms+1 bathroom, 2 egresses, stairs connecting it to the unit above as well as an exit to the outside but ceiling height is 6'5". 

Would need new floors, cabinets, stove, fridge, installing a ceiling in the kitchen (currently a drop ceiling), trim, and running a water line to be able to install a washer/drier. 

I can choose to update the kitchen (an investment) in that property and may not make another update ever. 

I updated the bathrooms, floors, kitchen, Mechanicals, sewer lateral, Paint, doors.

We hardly use the pool which is $180 month to maintain and we spend all our time together in the kitchen/living which leaves 4 other zones empty 95% of the time.

I have multifamily in Kitchener, Ingersoll, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.We can chat if you like.

only has 2 years left, then $124 a month is deeply insufficient.  3 kitchens, 3 or more bathrooms, etc.

Quote from @Chris Kitchens: There's an absentee-owner house I've been watching in my neighborhood that recently went into pre-foreclosure.

It’s like trying to cook a Southern feast without being in the kitchen!