Around FB, Apple, Google campuses with zero layoffs homes are not selling well.

After sending the security deposit with deductions for: holes in walls for TV mont, paint cost for kid writing on the wall, damage door knobs and damage to the flat kitchen drawer the tenant wants his full security deposit back stating because he was living there before I brought property and because the damage were already there.

It's kind of like going to the superstore and the cashier forgets to ring out your big screen TV with all of your other items.

We added a couch, tv, refrigerator, W&D, and some other things and it rents for 1k/month as furnished.

Apples to apples it may help get a good comparison on a long term buy and hold.

There is so much that goes into rehabbing a property that these ridiculous tv shows don't tell you at all.

They advertise on tv/radio non-stop.

If your tenants have bank accounts and a smartphone, but have them pay you via Google Pay, Venmo, Apple, or straight out of their bank account into yours. 

Get bids from a few contractors, and make sure they break out materials and labor (you want to always compare apples to apples)NEVER pay the full amount of the job upfront.

I'm not comparing apples to apples, though since mine were SFH and yours is a duplex.