For the reasons you list above, the tenant is not sure they will continue to need the property and would not sign a long-term lease makes it risky for everyone involved.But it doesn't hurt to try.

So now I've got the whole bathroom gutted cause the cpvc ran under the subfloor, which btw is now sitting on the ground making an invitation to move right in and become my next tenants, but the living room now has a nice trampoline bounce effect when you jump on the floor cause all my joist supports either washed out or sank from under the house!

Put that money into KILLING that pink bathroom with that dropped ceiling over the tub, and make it nice. 

I would be very careful commercial in small towns can stay vacant for EVER and a Day.just drive through any small town between Dallas and New mexico.. look down the main street.. nice brick buildings 90% vacant then on the outskirts of town a walmart and the associated fast food joints..the resi might work.. and maybe you change the commerical to cheap storage but put NO value in its cash flow would be my advice unless there is some compelling reason you think those would be leased.. if there was demand they would not be vacant would be my thought

It would be nice to meet someone with the same interest, this seems like a great community here on biggerpockets.

At this price I know that any property I acquire is going to need some work done to it, but that's fine, if I can live in it while I fix it up.

I just want to automate routine AirBnb message traffic so I can limit the amount of time that I'm on my phone during the day while still keep customers happy (VRBO / Homeaway don't seem to need instant responses in my area).  

It can be hard to walk away from nice-looking numbers, but always remember--what's printed on paper is never an in-stone number.

I keep seeing some really nice older duplexes? 

Mailchimp is nice, and I used to be a user.