The initial deal involved the removal of tenants from both the units, but the seller was not able to remove in-spite of several attempts. 

For buy and hold some investors do quite well in C/D in spite of the lower expectation of rental income, by minimizing rehab and vacancies, as the bulk of the market will settle with an almost gravitational force on the cheapest places to live. 

That will tell the true story of whether it's still a good time to buy in spite of the price increases, or not.

Hello,In my duplex the units are connected such that the kitchen odors do flow from one unit to another inspite of the exhaust fans which exhausts outdoors.

@Michael PlanteWoah that's insane, sorry to hear that.My energy company also offers a service contract in spite of the service contract they charged me a $250 diagnostics fees when ac went down but your bill just takes it to the next level

Hello,My rental ad on Zillow rental manager did attract multiple prospective tenants but they fell under the following four categories:1) Tenants with pets2) Tenants who were bargaining a lot.3)Tenants who had weak financials but willing to pay rent inspite of their income well below 3x4) Few tenants whose profile good on surface but their phone numbers were flagged as "scam likeli"I personally am not comfortable renting to all the four categories listed above so it has delayed finding a tenant for me besides I haven't been very aggressive pursuing tenants as I had plans of selling .Now I have decided to postpone selling, what are the other best ways to find tenants quickly.

We branched out into lTR because of the soaring prices of beach front condos over the past two years (in spite of COVID and in spite of Hurricane Sally).I've rattled on...bottom line for me is that I don't think I would have jumped into the STR beach condo market if I didn't live close by.John T.L.A.

, despite the pandemic.Pesky facts - California has a huge budget surplus in large part because of the pandemic, not in spite of.

Hello,I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminum foil without  letting me know , I could have easily adjusted the thermostat to lower  per his needs if he had told me and supplemented my apartment above with any additional heat but he chose to seal without letting me know inspite of my warning later on and obviously it can have detrimental effect on the tubing inside the walls due to excess pressure build up.He also complained about high electricity Bill's (obviously he would incur high utility bills when he turns on his electric radiator without using the free heat he was getting) I ended up having an oversight from my end as I did not verify if sealing vent caused any damage . 

Milken conducted exhaustive research on companies - concluding that high yielding 2nd lien loans could in fact be a safe investment - in spite of the term 'junk bonds' they were branded with.