So if you are living there you have the advantage that he can not block access. 

“The IRS usually will issue refunds within 90 days of receiving a tax return,” said Marc Wieder, co-leader of the Real Estate Group at the accounting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin.

The house is 2 blocks away from my day job. 

All of this compounded by having AirBnB send me a nastygram threat of having an entire week of my listing's availability blocked off because I dared to cancel a guest's weekend booking out of legitimate concern they were coming up to party and there was no canned "reason" that met AirBnB's standard for cancelling a guest booking, even though they go out of their way to tell Superhosts they can cancel without penalty when turning on Instant Book. 

It'd be hard to say on the refi without knowing the full scope, completion, and block values.

The last one I worked with charged *per notary block* though, so can be quite pricey relative to notarizing in the US.

The opportunity to have multiple rentals in same block.

You can find room for a high appreciation in those areas, but it's tricky because Philly real estate is based a lot on block by block.

This little property sparks my interest:https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/2911-Maple-Ave-90011/home/6930384(I don't know if links are blocked, so if you don't see a Redfin link, lemme know.)It's a tiny triplex (2 1-beds and a studio).

I'm also ok with my current buyer's agent - he's also an investor as is his broker. this property wasn't even on my list, but they were seeing a house down the block and they saw the sign. he got my guy in, and wowzer!