It provides very little financial support and, unfortunately, encourages many to ignore funding a retirement, thus creating social insecurity.

Either this is business or it's not.Surely yours isn't the only duplex in town he could develop an attachment for...I recommend you encourage him to live somewhere (anywhere) else.

The best bet might be to ride it out and not renew, or encourage them to find someone else to replace them on their Lease if they don't like how you operate. 

Thank you for the encouragment, you are right about testing out of the first one at least.

My friend and client wrote a great blog post about his first real estate purchase and what he's looking to achieve through real estate investing and I wanted to share it here as an encouragement to the newbies and first timers out there. 

I am getting a home equity loan and my banker was encouraging me to pay off the houses I already own.

However, I would encourage you to network with the everyone here in the Austin area through local meet ups.

That's very encouraging.

If you want to go this route, I would encourage you to do your homework, find one you trust, and be honest about what you are trying to achieve.

Last week, the new bill was passed by city council to address housing affordability.Here's a summary of the changes to existing ADU laws in Seattle. https://www.seattle.gov/council/adu-eis- Allowing two ADUs on one lot » Removing the off-street parking requirement » Allowing DADUs on lots of at least 3,200 square feet » Removing the owner-occupancy requirement » Requiring one year of continuous ownership to establish a second ADU » Allowing DADUs of up to 1,000 square feet, the same size currently allowed for AADUs » Increasing DADU height limits by 1-2 feet, with flexibility for green building strategies » Providing flexibliity for one-story DADUs accessible to people with disabilities or limited mobility, with limitations on tree removal » Establishing a new floor area ratio (FAR) standard that limits the maximum size of new single-family homes (2500sqft) and encourages ADUsIn the past, opportunity zones deals were not very lucrative because of the $$ requirement to double the improvement value ($200k-400k+?).