I love helping people find their perfect home or investment property, and I’m always happy to share what I’ve learned.

It also fits your budget & also I know some of some above 1,300 sqft, good boned, central air, yard space/drive way space having on & off market single & multifamilies in that price range. 

You broke it down perfectly for me to understand exactly what and where I am jumping into. 

No headaches of property management and if they default we get the property back (after a foreclosure of course), but it's gone perfect so far.

Lol, I have a similar story but I got off easy....I had my guys digging footings for a remodel in a little SoCal beach town when we found bones - some good sized ones.

If you have decks and stairs, they need to be perfect.

If aren’t by able to find a suitable means before month 1 ends and your booking cancelation timeline then maybe you let them stay, but seeking someone who understands that offer or it perfectly fits could be a win win for you and them.

Multifamily DSCR Loans (https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/multifamily-dscr-loans) would likely be a perfect fit for this but unfortunately are pretty much always capped at 10 units...

Appliances and fixtures were old and tired.Basically, the core bones of the property were good, but there were a lot of things that seemed ripe for easy improvement.The location was great, right next to the town’s primary commercial district, with a grocery store 100 yards away, coffee shop/bakery, Post Office, drugstore, hardware store, hair and nail salons, barber shop, dentist, bank, a half dozen restaurants, and a variety of other shops and services.

Perfect!