Also, I like joint ventures where I don't do any work (for the most part).For now, I'm semi retired and just dabble with a few houses a year.

Its two units (plus a semi livable garden in-law) and the main units rent for $1250 each.

I bought a house in Butler Tarkington for around $160k and immediately found 3 roommates to pay me $1,575/mo and I lived in the semi-finished basement area.

(just a gut feeling, though - not based in data as I don't have comparable duplexes to reflect on).While the CoC is low, my thought is that it's rare to get a duplex in a solid neighborhood, so it might be worth it.Good point on Duplex #2 - The numbers looked great and property looks nicely updated (relative to the location), but being in a semi-sketchy area is why I haven't pursued.

I had a semi pro football player living in a unit of mine and he ended up being addicted to hard drugs...it wasn’t steroids.

Lol) to start my path towards first replacing my monthly expenses, to reaching my semi-financially free #.

She gave the landlord a dirty look and told him it's time to get new carpets.Bottom line is, just about every tenants you withhold security from suddenly becomes antagonistic, goes to court, and you don't get sympathetic judges.As for me, I try to get tenants that last at least 4 to 5 years, and when they move, a good paint job using semi gloss paint would do.

We originally were looking for semi-dingy properties that we could add value to (that would still pass the VA livability inspection), but the numbers on this new build he found drastically outshined anything pre-owned that we could find.

I'd say the point of this post is to see if others have experience in semi-similar scenarios.

I am (semi) new to Cincy and am trying to learn all the areas (for myself and for investing).