Inherited tenants are usually a negative, however in that area leaving the duplex totally vacant makes it a target for thieves to come in and steal your pipes, furnace, and hot water tanks.

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Let’s project realistic expense estimates via the 50% rule:$12k rent / 2 (50% rule) - $19332 P&i = negative $13332/year or negative $1,111/month.  

Now with bookings slowing, many of them may be overwhelmed with the negative cashflow.

If you could stomach the negative cashflow or get creative holding is not bad.

My philosophy is to catch negative reviews before they happen AND to make it easier for happy guests to remember to rate and review.

At current price/rent levels they'd be negative cash flowing a minimum $1000 a month and likely much more.

Its the best way for anyone to get started IMO.Will add that in todays market you might need to put down more than the minimum 3.5-5% in order to not be cash flow negative.

I have some who invest for negative cash-flow.

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