Sometimes tenants bite, sometimes they don’t, but it’s worth a shot.Owner Move-In: If you’re planning to live in one of the units, you might be able to legally take it back.

There is no specific amount of days either that the guidelines call for that you occupy the property.

There are some hyper specific forums on here as well for everything under the sun, and tons of amazing articles.

Was it a specific moment or just a long-term goal?

I'm currently diving into some older BiggerPockets content from around 2015, specifically The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner.

Have to agree with most here in that a SF-> duplex conversion needs some really specific qualities to be worth the squeeze.

I understand this is not a requirement, but I have never received a damaged unit from an inherited tenant or any legal issues.

@Kristin MathernI would pay it given no keys were provided, it wasn’t specifically addressed/mentioned in your lease, you were provided the opportunity to address/fix yourself with a 25-30 dollar replacement from Lowe’s/Home Depot, and lastly, it was an existing situation that could have been avoided/prevented at move in.

What is anticipated legal costs?

My company has a departmental structure however all of our staff members' phone numbers and emails are on our website so people can get in touch with whoever is best suited to tackle a specific issue.