100% gut feel? 

They’ve invested in RE for many years but their investment decisions were made mostly based off advice from relatives and their own gut feelings.

They’ve invested in RE for many years but their investment decisions were made mostly based off advice from relatives and their own gut feelings.

Heading over tomorrow to evaluate all this and my gut is to help her break the lease as I'm concerned she is not taking care of the unit but I also want to and need to address all the new issues to protect the house.

They’ve invested in RE for many years but their investment decisions were made mostly based off advice from relatives and their own gut feelings.

I think we're on the same page ;) My gut has me leaning towards making the move to TX and occupying part of a multi-family property for at least a year - then renting it out.

Any HUD home that is a "GOOD DEAL" will never make to the investors .So what is left is a house that need a full gut /partial gut ,as long it is in the right location might be worth the hassle .Even the gut jobs are priced high, so many folks looking for a bone drive up prices on gut jobs. 

Then go off your gut. 

The local government gutted it, boarded it up, and forgot about it until I bought it in December 2013. 

Anyway, the guy next door wants to sell me his gutted house.