The previous owner used it as an automobile paint and body shop for 9 years.

Could be a slight off topic but MF properties would play much safer during the market correction because you can still pay expenses and the mortgage while few tenants can’t pay, plus many other benefits and advantages.MF was not immune to the 2008 crash you only have to look at  FLA GA NV  and other areas to see plenty of failed apartment deals.. 

SCAMMERS   social media in all forms is infected by these scammers..

In a county where researchers now estimate that 1 in 3 residents has been infected with the coronavirus (since the beginning of the pandemic), the disparity between our neighborhoods has never been more stark.

Try from a new browser not infected. also, see today's landlord relief in the Stimulus bill.

On one side it appears the neighbor is running an automobile shop with a large ugly exhaust from a wood burning stove, and the other side seems to be either a hoarder or collects old lawnmowers and such.

1) agents won’t let their sellers go on contract with buyers who have no Legit POF/preapproval2) automobile wholesalers don’t go to a retail car lot to buy for wholesaling

Sounds like we are immune for 3 to 6 months.Next year 2021, I expect to be a banner year for the economy. 

He's the epitome of a slum-lord who inherited it from the parents & the place is in dire need of maintenance, yet he seems immune to code violations.Most of the little strip motels (there were many) have been forced into bankruptcy/foreclosure by a deluge of microtels that cropped up 2016-2019, then Covid hit, so most have 90% vacancies.

By November, the United States had counted more than 16 million coronavirus cases, over 290,000 deaths, and infections were surging.