For scaling your portfolio, consider house hacking another multi-family property to minimize living expenses while building equity.

By the time it was all over, the court fees, attorney fees ate up the entire EMD and then some --- this seller never intended to sell the house. 

Sorry for the slow response had a wedding to prepare for at my house and just in recovery after being in the hospital.

I have done some research on ADUs and have come to conclusion that getting a house near a hospital or good college area with a big yard to add an adu and convert gargae to junior adu would be best.

As for the decision, it's really tough for any of us to say without knowing your goals, your situation and the numbers on this particular house.

I've done this on one house in order to cut costs - since then, I've added a meter with the utility company but it's a good workaround for the short term. 

The first house that I bought was 17 years old, 3 br, 1.5 bath, brick ranch house with hardwood floors, Andersen windows, ceramic tile baths, gas heat and a brand new roof. 

Gettysburg PA is a very attractive place and attracts a lot of tourist that now many retired people have started buying houses to live there and the prices of houses have gone out outside the Downtown.

The house was given to them when my grandpa died.

I can also see the ends of the Commuter Rail lines being good too...like Haverhill for instance  The Salem/Beverly area is great and pretty pro-development/housing from what I'm hearing.