Hi@KimberlyJones your assement of New Orleans and surrounding areas is dead on.

Found 2 dead mice and the problem now all seems to be going gone.

Lesson learned - the deal is never dead.

If the tenant is ever in the process of being evicted, and they know your bank details, they can make a part payment just before the hearing, and that can kill the eviction stone dead.

Bought a 3/1 in cosmetically roughy shape with a dead central ac unit.  

Most - not all, some guys want to work until they're dead - investors move from aggressive to secure as they age and/or approach retirement.

We recently had our first child and are planning on moving into a single family home in the next year or so, but I am dead set on growing our rental portfolio on the side once we move out of the Duplex. 

A few weeks later, he held up a nearby store and was shot dead.

If it's going to be dead capital anyway, you might as well leave it where the return is highest. 

Offer the seller an extra 50k and if that doesn’t work then you are likely dead in the water.