The part that really made me cringe, what if after five years (est) they want to be bought out.

Hi Mike,We just bought a 4-plex in similar condition to what you describe. 

I’m looking to purchase gold coins with my checkbook SDIRA.

I have a feeling I have determined why the company that owned my house before I bought it just painted the basement concrete instead of actually finishing it with drywall...I'm getting first hand experience about why there's so many complaints about Baltimore City.

apparently it wasnt too bad of a deal. someone has bought the park. not sure what he paid for it..

I contacted her, and her car had broke down..so she bought a new one.

Price is worth gold down there now. 

I wish I had bought more duplexes over the last 15 years as I am now 38.

It might be possible to 'take over' seller's account, but that can get very messy and is probably against AirBNB's rules.What I did when we bought an AirBNB unit: at the top of the listing was a line that said the the unit was under new ownership as of month/year, and to check out all of the great reviews at <link to old listing> and that nothing has changed. 

Long story short, we sold just recently and lost money because they wanted out and we did a poor job of running numbers when we bought them.