I'm originally from Kentucky so it's close to home, and most of my family has relocated to the Carolinas.

I love that there are countless properties that need to be renovated (avg. home/mult built in early 1900s)4. 

I'm not sure if I should buy another home or I should add the 40k to the duplex down payment. 

I recently received a quote to paint the entire interior of my recently purchased home.

For example, if you're looking for homes with basements... the MLS options you're considering may not have any inputted data for the "basement" section because there are no basements in those listings)- could be a convo to have with the agent's broker about how they're approaching the search strategy and that you're not happy with it- How did you "go on the MLS"?

I decided to do a complete renovation of the home, rather than placing tenants right away.

Apply a cap rate roughly 2 points higher than mobile home parks.

Quote from @Cameron Hamidi: Yes I have photo evidence How did you get photo evidence of them inside the home? 

Even a couple home runs cannot make up for a 93% loss.

Whether it's  keeping  their home or selling keeping as much equity as possible.