I am considering insulating from below the stairs, hanging a soundproof door cover, or any other solution that would not require me to rip the door out and fully separate the units, or lay down carpet on the stairs. 

Any ideas where to look for off the market properties?.

Can anyone offer any advice for finding reliable contact info for vacant land owners? I'm acquiring some lake lots for spec builds and I've had some luck with tax records and fastpeoplesearch.com but some of the out o...

Let me know if I can help, but I would pressure wash, fill the cracks in with elastomeric and then touch up to see if that will get them off your back. 

It may not be a scam, but a wholesaler who is trying to rip her off. 

Quote from @Kris Marmol: We just kicked off Phase One of a long-term industrial real estate play in Southeast Texas and wanted to share some details with the community here. 

that is way better than picking based solely on purchase price or other numerical factors. 

You get it off market and thus (possible not pay market value for it).

You don't need an LLC to write-off expenses for having a rental.

It might be good for those doing their first deals to see this as well.I've got an off-market duplex that I found when making an offer on a SFH - both deals are being wrapped up into this one purchase but I'll focus on the duplex for the sake of this conversation.