When a tenant says they aren't staying, what they mean in some situations is they are aren't paying

For example in my county the records aren't even electronic.

Wish they could own a home, but aren't ready yet for whatever reason (no down payment, debt to income ratio too high, etc.)Duplex: Not too much different than a single family home, as you're only sharing one wall, a fence, and a driveway.

I know we are all busy in this business, myself included, but the way I look at it is if you have an hour to go look at every property I email you, why aren't you able to spend 30 minutes to meet with me just once?

Strangely many I talked to aren’t investing in anything except maybe a 401k or got suckered into a whole life policy.

Software developer always trying to find ways to ply my trade in real estate.Truth is, after a few years of experience with this, there are not a ton of technical needs people have that aren't outpaced by their need to walk more neighborhoods and meet more people.

I know we aren't quite where we'd like to be for a down payment but this sort of fell in my lap and, assuming I could make the numbers work, I'd be stupid if I didn't at least try. 

That's true with anything when you aren't doing it yourself. 

So i guess the real conundrum is that you aren't getting insurance because it's no longer required being this is no longer a flood. 

So my PITI on this after the first year will be around $2,000/mowater-$215/moCapex/Rep- it should be like a new house at the end, so I'm only factoring 5%/mo-$225Vacancy-$0, I've got six other properties in the neighborhood... no vacancy with college kidsMisc-$200Estimated Cashflow/mo- $186021% CoC ReturnMy question is this...... my original plan was to utilize the friendly financing terms at a 4% int rt-- better than my recent bank loans by a good margin....I was going to use the full 5 year term, and fix it up slowly over time... get the good unit rented out for max value, and get other unit updated to do the same..... then work on the big ticket items throughout the course of the term...... but then I got to thinking..... interest rates aren't getting any lower.... with the market hot... the ARV and appraisals will likely be friendlier the faster I do it.... it seems a downturn is due well within that 5 year term.