Look at one or two of the units, do they look like crap or do they look like the neighborhood??

When my youngest went to school, I changed my license status to Active, and have learned and enjoyed helping people buy/sell/invest for around 7 years now.Everyone's journey is different....you might one day no longer be a firefighter...you might move to another state....you might want to buy a house one day and having a real estate license could save you some money. 

no one is going to play that role if you don't.

How many people have the idea of buying a duplex to live in one side and rent out the other?

You may not care, but I want to be clear that she is the one in the wrong, not you.

But you are paying now --  So, you'll pay one way or the other.

Renting out one side can help offset your mortgage, which is a huge advantage while you're building financial stability.

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If our occupancy starts to drop, we can increase google adds by month or reinstate the bus benches and SP Aggregator.Our cheapest advertisement is our Billboard Road sign out front for $18,000 one time.I always say it's your money. 

No one has any extra money to come up to the mountains it seems.