As @Robin Smith mentioned, for assessing demand I used FurnishedFinder.com/stats; you can see demand data for a given city and some pricing data too.

That seems like a lower demand area than any place I would ever invest.   

Under NY state law he cannot now or in the future demand that I move the fence back onto the property line as I now have a legal claim to it. 

Imagine me asking my attorney for $35K worth of free court appearance /advise or a real estate agent to forgo the 6% fees on selling of a home or demanding my property manager give me 20 years of free property management or going to Best Buy every week and coming out with a cart full of electronics good without paying, etc.

This person was one of our first guests and a scammer who found one small thing and complained about it to Airbnb demanding a refund.

Seller changed listing back to 1.02 acres.

I've briefly thought about that, where the seller will be moving on to.

So even though the total housing numbers may go up, they are not meeting demand for the working class renters who need affordable housing.

Normally when a  property is advertised as "cash only" the property is in poor condition and/or the seller wants to reduce contingencies and opts for a cleaner transaction.

And also I inherited the tenant and havent signed lease with them been advised to better honor the same terms of the seller until their contract finish.