As you go down the scale of desirability, the price goes down, until you reach the small station, in a bad location, hard to get to, in a low income neighborhood, with environmental compliance issues.  

The carrying cost is less 500 a month so that's not an issue. 

In CA safety has become a huge issue in many ciites.

No amount of "should work this way" seems to work for very long here (at least in my experience), as every single flip will enjoy all kinds of surprises and contractor related issues.

Please post any further progress you make in defining any advantages or issues you may discover. 

it pains me to handle tenant issues when im trying to run my other family business (real estate investing is my side business)...of the 5 properties, 4 are rented. 

Don't tell the IRS.I think the real issue on larger legitimately run hotels/motels may have to do with the other metrics involved such as ROI and IRR.

Go and assess the issue, establish the number of cats present, and find out the areas that are the source of the odor.

With SF illegally evicting non-problem tenants and non-documented property issues  (police reports, Lease violations or written notice to residents to Cure or Quit etc..). 

This way you don't have to worry about any tax issues related to UBIT.