In addition he will also raise the two window wells that seem to be sunk in and install window well covers supplied by me.

That's why these companies can get away with charging $50k for education.Sure, there will be some element of "teaching" involved, but you can get that information in 10x supply on your commute to/from work in the form of podcasts. 

There is multi family dwellings in other areas of Richmond, but there is less supply, less desirable to live in as a primary occupant, and rents are lower.  

There is a ton of work out there and a lack of supply.

Even with a few gnarly evictions of crazy inherited tenants under my belt the worst I’ve had was old furniture left, dog turds and cigarette butts on the carpet and human turds un-flushed in the toilet (no upper-deckers yet thankfully).

My downstairs neighbor didn't complain but if he did i would say that my furniture covers 70% of the floor.

Yes.The low supply in California is partially to blame.

Builders make more money making more upscale homes, so the supply of starters hasn't kept up with the demand. 

Does anyone know of an app that converts MLS listings from a portal (supplied through Real Estate Broker) to an Excel spreadsheet?

If it was empty then I assume it’s not full of furniture like a regular person is living there?