. $40,000 including closing cost) under my wife and my name since we will be living in 1 unit and rent the other unit out.

100 units that would work for STR.

I have a new associate who has been in REI for 20+ years, and recently sold 300 units.

this isn't an option for everyone based on family situation and lifestyle, but I know multiple people who have sequentially house hacked their way to a portfolio of 5-15 units in 5-10 years simply by using their monthly housing payment.

That combined with the call you received informing you that he moved out is good cause to believe the unit has been abandoned. 

Hi Vijay,I think that the rental market in and around Greensboro will remain strong despite more investment activity adding to the supply of rental units.

My furnished MTR is renting at a lower rate than I can get for the unit as an unfurnished LTR.  

I'm interested in talking to someone about getting our nonconforming basement up to code to either duplex down or make it a legal unit if ADU ordinance passes city-wide.

One strategy to rapidly increase door count would be to leverage an equity position utilizing a cash out second equity line or fixed second loan as a down payment for a new primary purchase of 2-4 units.

In the military as I visited different units as the chaplain, most would voice the same sentiment in a round about way, "the only way the mission succeeds is based on what we do and without us their would be mission failure."