Benefits of that 2 family would be:better chance of fire for insurance payday1 unit goes vacant you are still bringing in revenue while turningThere is a never ending stream of clueless OOS investors that will give you 70k for the property if you want to unload because they read an article in treehuggers press about Detroit being the "Comeback city"Tenant base will only be marginally worse than you would find in south warrenNOW - lets just give it a few minutes and Travis will be on to tell you I'm wrong on all of this LOL!!!

We constantly had vacancy and the units were harder to keep filled.

The cost numbers are generated by the state and are updated frequently as cost of materials and labor constantly adjust.

Some are quasi-governmental, others private, and still more pure governmental, but they are businesses with revenue streams, assets, etc) I find it exceedingly unlikely that they will accept failure and cessation of their proven and profitable business model at the hands of a technology that has existed sufficiently since the advent of webinars.  

We have treated twice with chemical treatments and the tenants have been steaming, drying and vacuuming constantly.

Hey Alci, My names Joseph, I was in your position as well until I built out a team and a stream of deals in Ohio..

For every rental property I buy out there I am getting very high cashflow, so much that with just one stream out from out there can pay for my rent out here, not one property, im talking about one unit!

They don't constantly go up or down, as was suggested.     

So, I'd like to spend the next few years (3-5) building up a stream of passive income to the point where I could work part time and have more time with the kids (and maybe even some time for myself, my hobbies, dating, etc).

A typical 1-2% collection loss rate applied to a class D neighborhood with constant eviction and turnover issues, would be misleading.