Think if you posted stating you had a duplex in Ohio and were looking for an investor to partner with, versus a post stating you have a multifamily project in Ohio and you're looking for an investor, it's the same $80k duplex just smoke and mirrors taught by guru's, these are simply tactics being sold during weekend seminars, books, and Podcast.

Holy smokes!!!! 

More than one FU response because of my no smoking & no pets policy.

When you replace them the new ones likely wont' match exactly, age, smoke and whatever will have stained the original.

If fire was primarily in one bedroom, but smoke damage effected whole unit, does that call for removing/replacing of all sheetrock? 

It starts with an application form, lease form, ruels and regulations, smoke detector, pet agreements, move out checklist and five day notice to name a few.

A vague foreboding that it could all go terribly wrong, that you never really know, that one day we could get a call that the whole building had gone up in smoke, or a giant sinkhole had opened underneath it, or a particularly bad windstorm had flattened it, or bad wiring caused one of the tenants to be electrocuted, or, or, or...We are all afraid of failure, and worst of all, failure right at the beginning of something, a failure that completely exposed our incompetence for all the unkind people we all know to laugh at behind our backs.

By definition, a "smoking deal" for the buyer is a "smoking loser" for the seller.  

@Joel Owens, I can certainly appreciate the fact that where there's smoke, there's fire.

I will not invest in flood zones, unless it is a smoking deal.