(It's a soft form of "confirmation bias:" They were already skeptical about the product--which is a good way to start--but then their suspicions were confirmed based on just that one opinion.

Our tenants wanted to stay and I got soft with that advice.

SInce this property is not owner occupied, you need to brush up on the SAFE Act as well to do an installment deal.

And unless they/you can why that event will impact re prices, there's no information to act on.Fight recency bias.Personal suggestion (from someone who's putting plenty of new $$ in play locally, FWIW): Very broad brush, but if you're going to house hack one of those duplexes in that price range right now, make sure it could generate at least $3800/m in income ... total. 

You can do a soft pull to see if you get the amount you want without taking a hard inquiry. 

Doesn't matter if I'm in the car, while brushing my teeth, and when I'm walking down the street I always take the opportunity to get in the real estate headspace.

But I don't want a tenant to feel in any way that I am "soft" or that I have money to burn.  

Hire an attorney to write a demand letter about breach of contract, send via certified mail with a soft threat of litigation.  

I have to protect these soft and supple fingertips for typing on the keyboard you see...3.

There are too many soft costs to make those economical.