I went to a estate auction , didnt buy the house , but they were selling the contents , the guy was a machinist and engineer , it was a 4 bedroom house , 1 bedroom had all his furniture , the rest of the house was a machine shop .

Lots of clutter, cheap furniture, photos all over the fridge etc. 

I have a degree in architecture and I'm self employed as a designer / woodworker / millworker / furniture maker. 

I once had a group of people snap a 70 inch TV in half along with a sleeper sofa, then punch holes in the walls on 3 levels, tossed beer cans and trash all over the property, plus they started a bonfire on the deck using firewood and some furniture from the house... yeah fun times.We've had them on beaches, mountain resorts, cities, middle of no where.

Since I also own a furniture design/build company here in Seattle, our focus will be designing and furnishing these properties and offering them as high end boutique vacation rentals.

I deliver furniture all throughout the northeast so I find myself paying closer attention to my environment now.

As the son of an amateur woodworker/furniture builder/home improvement aficionado, I have started developing twin interests in home improvement and passive income.

No storing of indoor furniture in the outdoors (common sense, but not always to tenants).

Nothing wrong with investing little time to generate a decent return, let other deal with the headaches that come with new construction.Seems to me though if you've gone this far, it would make sense to go to at least phase 2, getting those lots ready won't be THAT much more work compared to phase 1, and the cost to do so won't be that much leather, not nearly as much as actually building the duplexes.

You should be able get personal property/furniture out unless the bank went the proper eviction/ejectment process.