Bad commercial space sits for months or years due to lack of interest from consumers in that area and prospective tenants.Single family has seen no downward pressure the last few months.

The economy moves best when there are fewer govt changes. 

It'll will probably too time consuming and headache than just dealing with the 40 days left of your lease.

thanks for the input all I am purchasing properties that are easy to rent. looking for fewer headaches and willing to pay for it. ultimately looking for 16 single-family homes that pay 1k - 1500 per door. 

I am located in the city where dreams come true: Los Angeles, California.I am currently looking for my first property MFH (2-4 UNITS) Duplex, Triplex, Fourplex, I have been looking for properties in the Los Angeles area and would like to know your point of view.Should I move to a cheaper market and have more buying potential and more units therefore or should I focus on the local market and get fewer units but higher income?

Experian, Equifax, & Trans Union - mortgage lenders pull all 3 (as opposed to for a car loan, where they may just pull 1)Here's an article on how inquiries affect you by Experian:https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/credit-education/report-basics/hard-vs-soft-inquiries-on-your-credit-report/#:~:text=This%20type%20of%20inquiry%20appears,not%20impact%20your%20credit%20scores.According to Experian, you are entitled to one free copy of your credit report from each of the three bureaus every 12 months.https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/credit-education/report-basics/my-credit-report/Experian will give you 1 free for yourself here on their own site: https://www.experian.com/consumer-products/free-credit-report.htmlIf you have a hard copy of your credit reports today, & the scores go down a bit later you can show that EVERYTHING but the inquiries are substantially the same (assuming you're still paying all your bills on time, which you will be).  

Would it consume cash you might need to invest later?  

If the bad/consumer debt is higher than about 2-3% interest, I would recommend paying that down first as inflation rates are generally at about 2%.

Also if you decide to go with your original version, I would recommend first asking actual consumers, not agents, what they think is best.

Property tax ranges in the Austin metro will range from 1.84% per $1000 (unincorporated county areas), 2.23% per $1000 (City of Austin) up to 3.0% per $1000 for some outer suburbs (which have fewer homeowners paying for more growth).