Between these two, you're on your way to cleaning up that tiny corner of the neighborhood.When I heard about the drug use of the previous tenants and area, I was almost going to say "to heck with it" BUT, thats what everyone says.

The tenants in the side thats rented have been there for over 7 yearsI'm meeting with the RE agent next week sometime to look at it..I just have to call her back and let her know when its good for me b/c I have school and workIf nothing else, it will be a good experience with me to tell her what kind of properties i'm looking for so she could remember me and maybe let me in on a deal coming up in the futureHere are some facts about the property i'm looking atRent right now is $415 total.Vacant side was renting for $350 but i'd do it for $400 (other side is a tiny bit bigger)Owner pays gas (1800/year) Tenants pay everything elseTaxes $1214/yearInsurance would be cheap.

I have one of these big new houses going up on a tiny lot around the corner from me.

Buying a home in a tiny down market, median home price is around 65k, lots of homes on the market 1yr+, but some of the higher priced homes are moving because a federal prison brought about 100 comparatively wealthy families to the area.  

I know only a tiny bit about real estate investing but not much.

If nothing else the pace is just a tiny bit (not much) slower and the confusion can be just a little less. 

It sort of goes along with the tiny house craze if you think about it. 

I am not actively licensed in CA, but I use my ability to analyze regulation/laws to help with our current tiny RE portfolio.Our short term goal (2018) is to take the profits from a rental that we currently own in Sacramento (and that we plan to sell in early 2018), to buy a multi-family unit in San Jose or elsewhere in the South Bay (most likely duplex, but looking at tri- and four-plexes).

The yard is way to big in the back and we thought a tiny home (less than 400 sq/ft) would be an ideal addtion. 

I kinda ruefully tell them that we see this a lot - inspectors who just don't know what they're looking at, and who are trained to point out every tiny thing, lest they be sued at some point for missing something.I go point by point down their repair request.