I noticed some equipment parked at the house behind the units and found that city zoning just approved the demolition of the house behind the units for building of self storage units.

I.E extra bedrooms, finishing space, renting out storage space/ garage.

I really appreciate the thoughtfulness on this forum.We did offer him a very good cash for keys situation, but he didn't take advantage of it, we even offered a storage unit for his things!

I'm partial to self storage still (but not for long as everyone's jumping in). 

As ane example, Nest has all sorts of devices that can be linked to one account. 

I am selling a 3/1 with side porch and washer/dryer/storage room, just off the Sligh and I275 exit, behind the Post Office on Nebraska Ave. 6710 N.

Would it be better to rent it out as storage space?

Oh, sorry about that, @Patti Robertson .Do you access the site through a mobile device?

One leveling foot was missing, and one was damaged, apparently from the previous owner moving the unit into storage.

You may want to expand your investment horizon as well outside direct rental investment, for example examine MF syndications, MHP,storage, debt funds, non-RE , music royalty deals,etc, sometimes there are more deals in that sectors.negative cash flow in an increasing interest-rate environment is not worth to purse.