If you are building on your own existing lot, you are sacrificing privacy for sure, but if you are comfortable with that in this stage of your life its a good way to maximize what you already have than trying to go to market and spending over $1M on a decent duplex. 

A virtual assistant can also help with a lot of this.

@Luis Cerwin as others have stated, Nov - Jan is the worst time of year to have a vacancy.Majority of tenants live paycheck-to-paycheck, so all their income goes to Holiday spending starting with Halloween, then Thanksgiving, then xmas, then NYE.January is also historically the worst month for rent payments due to Holiday Hangover Spending.

.- Many of them have no clue of the actual condition of their properties and a decent percentage want to then sell.2) We have owners we terminate, that don't want to spend a penny maintaining their properties.

And you're asking the cleaner to drive to the house, spending time, gas, and wear and tear on their car. 

Well, the latest "clarification" of the vague memo is that "rental assistance programs" are exempt from the pause - so I am expecting payments to arrive as usual.

No, taking out a HELOC and spending it does not reduce your taxable capital gain when selling your home.

The few times I called the office, they were always happy to spend time talking. 

I guess I'm not surprised, but how disrespectful.What I picture in a commercial wholesaling business is an individual who spends years building relationships with actually owners.

This allows the Board to spend the funds on anything, and if they do, the owners would need to restock the reserves!