there's only one reason for no inside pics and not wanting strangers walking through the house...classic hoarder case.

Yup, crumpled cheeseburger wrappers...

To me this is classic renters thoughts somehow when people rent they lose all problem solving abilities with lodging. 

So, the duplex is a classic buy, but if you don't plan on rehabbing it, or it doesn't need rehab, you are leaving dollars on the table.  

They are classic $30K pigs.  

Totally depends on the area, the timing, and the preference of the investor my friend, real estate is like the weather - a couple cities away can be vastly different.That said, buy and hold is certainly a timeless classic everywhere.

Well, it was bound to happen, has been a few years, but we have the classic case of the tenant from hell in one of our units.Couple and child, dog and cat, in a good all tile, recently renovated unit.Problems began when we refused, not for the first time, the tenants request to modify the unit inside and for yet another sublet of one bedroom.

It was a classic case of one department not talking to the other, or just how screwed up the banks are.

So, you're being subsidized by the landlord.If you were to move to a lower costs area, there would be better deals, and buying would make more sense.The classical rental investing rule of thumb is that its only a good rental if the monthly rent is at least 1% of the purchase price.

Will not transfer who owes the debt if they do one of their classic bait and switch where they never pay off the loan, maybe rent out the property, collect until if goes to foreclosure.