I've already got a handshake deal with my current builder to build at cost and do a profit share at sale, this should add to our pot for further investments.3 - The final part is to get into STRs in Western NC/Smokey Mountains in about a year from now after the new primary house is settled and closed.

I would put some sort of a barrier so he can't see into your yard, a tree or shrub in a pot so you can move it around would work or something totally in appropriate even better.

The medical pot growing tenants didn't want anyone in their house when they weren't there.

Offer cash for them to "voluntarily" leave. - not my first choice, unethical, needs cashb) Get to do a 13% or 19% rent increase if rents haven't been increased since May 1977 or May 1976, respectively - I will find out if there are records going this far back in due diligence phase, if offer gets acceptedc) Operate with a loss or very low NOI for 1 year, after that we will be eligible to apply for a Just & Reasonable Rent Adjustment. - with this, we can potentially increase rents by up to 145% depending on a comparison with baseline 1977 level rent amount.I have 2 questions:1) If there exists these 2 other, legal ways to increase rent in a rent controlled area, why does it seems like the only option most investors consider is cash for keys?

Issues installing pot fillers1.

I believe such a project in the right place could be a honey pot, but it is a 2 to 5 yr investment before seeing any profit. 

But back to reality...I have a family member who has basically inherited and let a duplex and triplex go completely to pot.

This is the future we are living NOW, we are frog's in a pot. 

Aside from my banks, I just want to know what it is because I want mathematical confirmation that the crux of my actions over the course of a year (I actually track it about every few months if I'm not submitting it to someone) are contributing to rather than subtracting from my pot of gold. 

lol Ben c'mon you're just trying to stir the pot.