I had one were we did not get to it for a while 6 months or so it was just boarded up.. when i went to sell it wholesalers were going through it said it smelled bad.. one of them finally went down to the basement and found a corpse that had been for quite a while. scared the heck out of him..

If its the opendoor that was buying all this real estate as a tech company now looking to sell, they are known -whats your question I guess?

If the numbers make more sense on the 6 unit, then maybe look into selling your duplex and doing a 1031. 

Incorporate what if you die, what if you or a partner want to sell how do you value, opening bank accounts, contract signing, etc.  

It’s older (usually 20-40 years), often don’t have tile roofs or stucco siding and if you ever want to sell, you’re selling to investors as very few are house hacks. 

As a result when the brokerage acts as the listing and selling brokerage  it saves both home sellers and buyers money.

Not too worry you will have plenty of people selling the dream to you.  

Even with multiple units, with current interest rates and a competitive market (prices have continued to rise even with higher interest rates) think the Madison market is a stronger long term ownership strategy, where the bulk of your return will come when you sell from appreciation in rents and property value. 

He is selling his house and the "home inspector "  says the deck wasnt built to code .

If you can hold on till first part of January the showings and everything else should pickup.This would be my action items: 1. hire a new agent that can sell the place, and get you numbers are rent and selling and sell the place. 2. be honest on the numbers you can get on an ARV so that you can sell it 3. start to get the conversation started with a couple lenders on what these numbers on refi would look like for you and this property 4. my suggestion would be to refi/rent before selling at a loss because if numbers work you can hold for a couple years then sell, but this is dependent on your cash position and liquidity of your situation.