It seems imprudent to maintain willful ignorance. 

Everyone likes to hate on CA for high taxes but ignore prop 13, everyone likes to applaud TX for no state income tax but you don't see a ton of complaints about 2.7%+ property taxes. 

Assume a go-forward inflation rate of 1.5% and ignore likelihood weighting for a moment:Annual Value Increase: $9000Inflation Expense on your $250k in equity: $3750Net Value Increase / year because of your leverage: $5250 You're claiming Layer 1 net cash flow of ~$5k per year. 

Not to ignore your main questions, but you can sell a property with a lease.

@Taylor MurphyExcuse my ignorance, but why are you using a commercial loan on a duplex when they have historically higher rates than a conventional loan?

I asked if he was holding it in escrow and he ignored the question. 

Also close proximity to the city made it just matter of time to make it good investment; probably brave souls needs to ignore daily violence :)You did great renovation inside, looking for the pictures!

So, I choose to ignore your advice because its not based on the facts. 

After 2 years, some parts have expanded, and if it's in the middle, you can either ignore it, or you can re-do the entire floor... 

They raised again to 172K.Repairs took place over two tax years, I will ignore second tax year for now:  Tax year 1-  30 K in capital improvements.