"I cannot see what damage they have done to the duplex, because there is so much junk and tons presumably stolen goods. "  She has quite the road ahead of her, and she did the right thing to lawyer up and see if she can recoup her losses.  

It takes sacrifice to get ahead!

When I bought my first duplex, I did a lot myself, and I wish I had gotten some local professional advice ahead of time.

Fix and Refi etcEveryone is so quick to blow this deal off and say its too much at 12.5 Gross but there is always more details to factor in.What are you putting down 5%, if you make just a little you are way ahead on a ROI basis. 

I've since moved on from that, but I still have my CPA license which serves me well in many capacities.The point of sharing all that is that we never know what is ahead in life.

I would go ahead and get them out and get someone less maintenance in.

the date today is 2/28/20...... so apparently they are predicting the future "suspicious" activity on my ATM.....needless to say I didn't click the link in the email...I then logged directly on to my bank to double check and all was good....

Every step you take, and every decision that goes into each step, must be made with the next step in mind.Right now you have a few pieces of a direction for a "concept" of a plan.On the plus side, you're probably further ahead than many REI are after many years of investing, so keep working on it. 

I hadn't looked ahead far enough and considered to diversify my portfolio in that manner.

I’d recommend submitting an OPRA request to the associated town this way you know ahead of time what are the open permits on the property.