If she's still there in a few months bump her rent up for your trouble.Renovating an occupied unit is a disservice to your investment objectives.

Now this is an example of someone taking “action“ and I didn’t need a $997 program to do it however there was some bumps along the way and some edge of your seat type of stuff.

Bumping the deductible up is probably the best strategy as you generally only want to file a claim for major damage.

HI I am making myself more today's technology friendly and bumped into this site.

Your tenants will have resources to draw upon to avoid eviction if they hit a bump in the road.Rooting for your continued success!

This is a primary driver why so many are dumbfounded how persons like me and my clients are making $ hand over fist in New Con, where they "think" it should do poorly.     

I'd take the velvet glove off the iron fist and let the "hand of God" descend. 

@John Haelig, in addition to the deferral of tax and gaining a significant bump in cash flow, a DST purchased correctly would greatly increase your depreciable basis. 

Every investor, my self included, wishes we would have bought sooner than we did when we fist invested.If the numbers on the duplex work NOW, given today's prices and current interest rates, then you are good to go!