I knew she was dirty, but when I took possession after she moved out, I was in shock walking in the door. 

I don't leave my lights and a/c on or back door wide open after I show my own house.

@Jace Peters @Zach HarsinI'm just getting my foot in the door as well. 

I think multi-family is lower risk in general if you have a larger number of units.

Next door property is also a duplex, owned by a retired couple.

It is very well built but what really piqued my interest was the potential to convert the formal dining to a 4th bedroom simply by adding a door. 

Finding buyers is the easy part, securing the contract is what you need to be focused on.If you have good deals, you’ll have investors banging down your door all day long.

This will work really well with larger multifamily, but it can be beneficial at any level. 

... to take.Have a door in a run down condo in a good urban location that got an offer by an investor that now has overwheling majority of building owned.

My house is a 2 story (3/2) upstairs and downstairs 1/.5 + a huge family room and a bunch of closets I will never use.bought in 2009 for 745000 in the SF Bay Area Peninsula4/2.5 everything re-done in 2008zillow/trulia shows $1.4MThere is 1 exit through the garage and 1 private entrance through a side door/side yardI need to install a small kitchen , a shower and move the laundry room into the garage.