However, the tenant shouldn't have to suffer because of your lack of planning.You said the other half of the duplex rented for $800 "two months ago".

What seems to be a common theme with realtors who don't offer Buyer Rebates is that consumers should feel obligated to use them regardless, without expecting them rebate, because of their internal costs and/or the commission split they're under with their Real Estate Brokerage.As a Florida Mortgage Broker, like most, for years we've suffered under relentless efforts by realtors who have coerced and steered our Pre-Approved borrowers to their "preferred" lenders. 

Which I'm sure has happened too.Yea I know that there are those who run that game. usually they were welcomed tenants at one point but became tenants in sufferance later on.

You want to move up the 80/20 leverage curve from technician to investor/entrepreneur.In Bridgeport, CT and Texas the investment is about 10% of rents collected which frees you from taking resident phone calls, coordinating maintenance, leasing vacancies, accounting P&L's, conducting inspections and making property payments.Owners often times suffer from "death by 100 cuts" when having to handle all of these small items, missing opportunities to achieve bigger goals.

Given the right company and circumstances I'm considering it as an option.Right now I'm suffering from analysis paralysis. 

When it comes to researching where to stay people want to see everything they are going to get in the price they see on Airbnb, if you start adding things after that you will suffer.

@Kevin Wood The houses did not flood and did not suffer any major damage.  

Thanks @Sean MyersUnderwriting that Sacramento deal simulating a cap rate increase to 6.5% brings me to an IRR barely above 0%, so I guess it's good that I don't go underwater :-)Of course, that is true until it's just the cap rate to suffer and not the actual rents with vacancy and discounts, otherwise the debt service might become hard to cover...Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

If so, you shouldn’t be concerned about your credit scores because they are already probably poor and you aren’t in a financial position to take on new debt.Other programs may be referred to as “loan modification” but could hurt your credit scores because they are actually debt settlement.Intentionally allowing a mortgage or any debt to become delinquent will result in the account payments being shown as late in your credit history, and your credit scores will suffer.

Usually the judge will give the tenant at sufferance a day to move on their own.