The property is in Ohio.Plumber eventually snaked the toilet and ended up having to remove the toilet from the drain to pull out a kid's extra large toddler plastic blocks so it's definitely not the current tenant's item (separated woman in her 50s who lives alone in the unit with no family visiting).

A similar house in a lesser block of the city sold recently for 190k after some simple paint/refinishing of the floors. but I wouldn't want to kick the tenants out when my hope is to buy and hold obviously for the rental income.  

I am running into a bit of a road block with financing my next multi-family property.

The house is in a nice area and is the only abandoned house on the block, which is a big plus for me (probably why the bidding on this house went so high).

It about 3 blocks for a University if that helps.

If you'd like a referral, call me directly (my phone number is in my signature block below). 

I've seen a few larger single family houses that have a door blocking the staircase up, then they added an external staircase to the house turning it into an upstairs/downstairs duplex.

I'm not a Realtor but I work in Real Estate finance and my office is 3 blocks from your new "office" so hit me up if you would like to grab a coffee.

I asked them to book only 28 days and then I blocked the second 28 days on my calendar for them.

You can still get houses-  a multi family for under 300k and single 200k and up just blocks from the ocean!