Quote from @Monish Anand: I'm a fan of the low prices and my plan is to STR since I currently run a short term rental business.

I'm looking at a duplex opportunity that says "Corporate tenant, PadSplit has a low-risk 2-year master lease that protects your investment and alleviates landlord headaches

I would not make that statement, as not every deal is levered to the tilt - I know some deals that have very low leverage.

@Eric Lowe Here's an article with cost segregation FAQs.

The current owners have extremely low occupancy and are open to selling.

That $1400 rent actually makes sense given the low purchase prices.

no rent coming in but expenses were low - just utilities and insurance. 

While this amount of evictions seems higher than normal, even for a rough area, in general low end areas = fewer qualified tenants = more tenant fraud and more consistent evictions.

The suburbs have a number of good PM companies, but due to the low price points and rents, and the nightmare of dealing with the city and courts there, most of the good property managers in the general area won't touch Baltimore.

I go back to see what I sent them and I had fat fingered an address (389 instead of 380).