Your identity: While an LLC does not give you full protection from others knowing your name and who onws the LLC, it does allow you to bill your tenants under your LLC name or other corporate entity making it a bit more professional and most tenants will not take the time or have the knowledge to research who owns the LLC.

Or it could be that thieves stole all of the copper plumbing and wiring, or has a bad (or no) foundation, or needs to be torn down due to code violations, or a combination of these factors and those mentioned by Tom and Andy.

We listed at 200k and accepted an offer for $210 at the time (before it fell apart), there is currently an identical place, a stones throw away, that is listed for $259k..

(Her name isn’t on any of the rental properties which show a tax loss and we don’t use any of that income to live on.)Her best friend has almost the identical loan as a single mother of a college student.

I'm thinking I'm going to check with the tenant first, and tell her that I'm going to dissolve the current contract, and continue with her under an identical contract. 

Needs to just be rebuilt identical with pressure treated wood and sheet metal.

I just rented a unit in under two weeks while a near identical layout unit (with old appliances, carpet, round toilet, and plastic handles) in a sister building just across the street is still on the market and approaching 3 months vacant.

The comps may be great and your property might be identical to the comps, but the values could still be VERY DIFFERENT.

Shortly after, I got married & my new wife (who was a teacher & not making much money either) bought into my investing mindset just enough that we bought a duplex & moved into one side. 2 years later we bought an identical duplex, the second building over on the same cul-de-sac.

I am on pretty much the identical path.