The only thing about the BRRR strategy that bothers me is having to pay closing costs twice.

So why bother...?!

The fact that I might continue renting elsewhere doesn't bother me, provided the duplex doesn't drain my finances.3.

I see a couple ways forward with the parking issues. 1) don't let it bother you and free that mind space 2) like others mentioned talk to a local tow spot and get signs and place a few large ones up.

Older properties don't bother me, and I prefer the architectural style of pre-1950's properties. 

Why bother if you could 5% rate.

Things the previous landlord never bothered to fix, including a leaky 25 year old furnace, which i replaced with a new $6k furnace.

It's well above our minimum loan size),  we have no problems bothering our under-writers (Yes even we all-powerful lenders have people in turn we have to keep happy) whether we can accept this location.A good lender can estimate the MSA while you are on the phone and if required can reply with the underwriter's decision within 10 minutes.Looking at Palmyra NY, I would definitely suggest making contact with a lender and asking them about the location before you put too much effort into opportunity.  

Don't bother with pre-forclosure and foreclosed properties since you'd mentioned not wanting to spend a lot of time fixing up the first investment home.

I recently had a claim of $25,000 against a CPA and all the attorneys told me it was too small an amount to bother with.