I'm not big on laughing at the afflicted for making the mistake of being born less fortunate than I was.

you are kind of dealing with three diffrent issues here, the thing about not being a legal three unit, super easy don't buy something that's not legal, and your agent really shouldn't be encouring you to break the law, the issues with properties being beat up, the vast majority of multi unit's that sell have some wear & tear that's often the reason for selling, being a tired landlord, if you want turn key, you are proably looking more single family homes or paying big dollars for a turn key multi if it even exists in your market, 3rd we can debate the pro's or con's of this this market but youve hired and agent and 99% of agents are going to tell you its a great time to buy, i'm usually more measured but that's because I have a deep psychological problem in which I care more about being intellectually honest than making money, most agent's however are not afflicted with this disease so your gonna have to make this decision for yourself before you hire any agent.

I suffered from that affliction for 9 years! 

I was afflicted with sportscar racing in my younger days, it taught me how to do the "check off" list while preparing a car for my monthly races.

I think the hoarders are among the strangest of afflictions - floor to ceiling junk, with tiny pathways/ trails to come and go.

@John Teachout I agree with you and the others not preaching doom and gloom on this.For perspective, I was in the US Army and deployed to Africa in 2015 when then President Obama sent the military to help prepare for Ebola.Long story short: November 2014 forecast was 1 million DEATHS (not cases, which was a far higher forecast) per month by January 2015 in afflicted areas.

I felt this was a temporary situation as a few strong sales would allow these neighborhoods to rise to the prices commanded by similar neighborhoods throughout the metro area that were not similarly afflicted.