Could possibly add a half bath. not sure have to get more details.

I have listened to 5 audio books in the last week and half and I will continue to do so.

The buyer pool has been cut in half, but so has the inventory, balancing out the supply-demand. 

But, I believe urban areas, like Minneapolis/Saint Paul where I am, will see a large temporary loss of STR inventory, and most of that loss will be from the bottom of the barrel, because they aren't profitable enough to justify the risk, but the highest performing STRs will of course stick around, because they're doubling or tripling income from LTR.I also own a duplex in Rochester, MN a few blocks from Mayo Clinic, that I'll be putting half of onto airbnb when it's done (I wish it was ready so I could help some healthcare folks out).I think it's like most industries though, the most robust and efficient businesses will withstand this crisis, while the weaker, unfortunately, might not.Just to predict, I think across the airbnb platform we'll see a temporary (maybe up to a year after the crisis comes to an end) drop of inventory around 10-15%, but I think bookings will drop by less than that amount (after the quarantines stop).

was the only "ugly house" on the market for 8 months for half price!

Even seasoned investors half or more of them have no clue how the back end of real estate works.. they just hand their contract to title company or closing attorney and it gets done for them.. 

If you think it will be hard to rent, then I would have no problem giving an agent a half months rent or something if they brought me a high-quality tenant.

Also, If you can qualify for rental loans you can use the awesome power of leverage in your favor. ie. you take your $100k and put that as 20% down and borrow the other 80%($400k) for half a million dollars of rental property.

If they charged $400 to put a repair bond in place, that's less than half the best price I've seen elsewhere. 

I apologize up front for being so wordy, but it's the only way I could get all my questions/concerns out...I currently own 2 investment properties and I'm looking to add to my portfolio using the equity in my primary residence.I was able to get a Heloc for 3.18% variable rate with a 10 year draw period and up to a 30 year payoff period.With the funds I have available, a couple of my options are:1. buying a duplex for "cash" that would use up about half my Heloc ,and then doing a cash out refi on the new duplex to use as a down payment towards the purchase of another duplex.2. use all of my Heloc as a down payment to purchase a much larger multifamily.If I do option 1, I know I could cash flow and pay off the Heloc in 15 years or less.