It’s a serious habitability and fire hazard (google Oakland ghost ship). city could easily construe this as an illegal attempt to make a boarding home, etc. which can definitely lead to big fines, and having to dismantle everything.I’d run away!

Code REEB § 24.10Licensees shall not obtain, negotiate or attempt to obtain or negotiate any listing contract providing for a stipulated net price to the owner with the excess over the stipulated net price to be received by the firm as commission.Then you can ask them if it's legal to arrange the sale of real estate without a license in expectation of a fee.If you're OK, then I'd go download a free one on the Internet with lots of holes to allow you multiple "outs". 

So, do we do what the local apartment complexes are doing and go carpet/tile or do we do LVP in an attempt to ask more in rent (with the other upgrades).Additional  info: the duplex is located just outside city limits on a road the ends in a cul-de-sacWe would very much appreciate any input into this situation as we are both first time investors!

@Mike BiasattiWholesaling could be a potential avenue to get over that hurdle of a down payment, but I have noticed that most people who attempt to wholesale part time struggle to get the ball rolling.

So, do we do what the local apartment complexes are doing and go carpet/tile or do we do LVP in an attempt to ask more in rent (with the other upgrades).Additional info: the duplex is located just outside city limits on a road the ends in a cul-de-sacWe would very much appreciate any input into this situation as we are both first time investors!

The lack of consistency on kauai has made it impossible to even attempt to work within the rules.  

I would attempt to BRRR some properties, but from some of the deals I have analyzed, I seem to be further ahead by investing in turnkey properties and putting 20% down.

My earliest attempts to help/convert FSBO's into clients were like giving the baby bird milk because I thought that is what they needed.Experience and research have allowed me to weed out the FSBO prospects that don't need my help...and to provide what those FSBO's that really do need guidance actually need: empathy, listening, expertise, and guidance.There is no way to tell if that long ago baby bird survived.  

Grade 1 is the best and it means harder to pick and they use more durable alloys to hold up against force entry attempts.

I find it hard to believe that  a legit bank would even attempt to sell a house that still has redemption rights.