This is a rather large kink in the NAR's armor and there have always been those on Wall Street who have eyed the lucrative housing market.5.

Typically they have been restricted to Wall Street type products like stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.

House was never maintained or serviced and has holes all around the house as if they had punched the walls through out the years.

I could show you the pictures of the second house I bought here in San Antonio where the walls were torn from foundation issues.

I added extended driveway, RV parking, back yard landscaping w/ covered patio, shiplap on two interior walls, and painted accent walls in every room.

I was thinking it may be closer to a "wash" or, maybe only slightly more only bc w/ a duplex at least we aren't paying for two exterior wall materials for two sfh?

If this were my unit I would change all of those white switch covers over to switch covers that we're very close to the paneling color so they blend in rather than stand out. 

Looking at AirDNA results, my biggest concern is occupancy rates, most of the calendars I look at have large gaps in them, and when you spend close to $500/sq. ft at current prices (in STR-designated areas), your property needs to rent well above 80% or you charge crazy nightly rates.We've also seen very few property management companies that charge less than 25% there (and 25% is rare), and some STR neighborhoods require you to use their designated PM (Desert Colors only allows Red Rock, and they are at 40% commissions - ouch!).

If for some reason you need to rely on regular adverse possession instead of tax sale short statute of limitations, it requires ten years of possession after color of title.

Unless you have an unfinished basement and or attic where you can access the pipe connections, you will be tearing into walls to run new pipe.