We bought the duplex after living here for five years, next door to our landlord, who was an extremely nice older woman, that we never had a single problem with, everything went smooth transitioning to renting the place after our old landlord moved out, but we feel that we have genuinely rented to the wrong people at this point.

I recognize that this seems absurd but it is ballpark accurate.This places the lower bounds on a value of an SFR above $100K assuming that it is not a complete teardown. 

Go with the names people recognize and have good reviews. just use the search function at the top of this page to find good hard money/private money lenders.

I understand and recognize the power of of the many integrations plus automation.

Pair all of this caution with being kind and genuine and I think you will do just fine.

Any other expenses would be added to your "basis" so in the future when you sell the property, you would recognize a smaller gain.

One of the pictures had the listing agent's sign in it and I recognized the name as a former property manager who actually lived in the neighborhood.I contacted her and set up a showing.

I recognize that NY is extreme, but what are your thoughts on getting the good deals versus playing a role in potentially pushing out many generations of residents?

The city, recognizing its culinary prowess is hosting its first city-wide restaurant week January 23-February 5th.

In the case of a partnership or corporation, this exclusion shall not extend to more than five of its partners or officers, respectively, nor to other partnership or corporation personnel or employees.While the PA legislature enacted the above law before LLCs became a recognized entity, we can reasonably assume that the above law applies to LLCs as well.