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He did offer to sell me the other duplex, which is 2 doors down and identical in layout, but that one is in rough shape and per his own admission the tenants are lousy.

This will prevent me having to purchase furniture, but more importantly I could tailor the furniture styles to suit tenants or keep up with trends.

Basically, this house is in rough shape.

It's a good way to establish a baseline value and to see where the area is trending.

." - Jim RohnThe only way I was able to get into the rental game (1 house) was:1) small inheritance from grandmother used as down payment2) on a cheap foreclosure in decent shape ($49,000) and having3) a partnership with my Dad to equally split Rev and ExpHonestly, it's worked out great.

She was fine with that and I sent out the option agreement and a memorandum of option and had her sign and send them back, once I got the signed option I recorded the memo with the county.Now since this was my first deal I made this offer before even seeing the place, I made the mistake of believing her when she said it was in good shape even though she hadn't been there in a few years, and based off what had sold in the last six months I thought the offer was good.

They came back at 139k, 135k, and 125k, but the 125 was in "not so good shape ( I drove by).

This looks like a great site and look forward to meeting those shaping the industry for the future.

All of the apartments are currently being rented, however, when viewing them, the apartments were dated/not in the BEST shape and the tenants (not all) had very poor hygene.