I hope tenant willingly leaves because NYCHA actually notified months ago that she was approved for another voucher.

I was actually born in Hartford - would love to know how the market is over there!

Just sayin.I was actually attempting to remove in consideration of their actually responding to me.

And your net worth will thank you.If you still want to go ahead, you'd be better off buying a house than an apartment because, while the value of the building itself will go to 0, you'll still have the value of the land, bearing in mind that the land might actually lose value too given the depopulation and the yen depreciation.Sorry if I'm pooping a party but make sure you understand what you're getting into (which you're already doing by asking the forum) and then make the decision that's right for you according to your objectives.

This is a unique home and it actually has a full kitchen, 2 bed and 1 bath downstairs and I think it might be well suited as a very large vacation rental(entire home) or both floors being rented separately at some point in time.  

I property manage STR in the cape cod so this is actually good info

It’s actually built right into Prop Stream if you’re using that.

If I wasn't certain her story tracked, I would ask for documentation of her 401k balance and her application to withdraw money.

Not sure how well any given agent can actually assist a buyer in negotiations.

I'm on house number 4 that I've lived in and renovated, so I agree that's a good strategy (I've done it just through life, not actually a purposeful strategy).