That means YES, they are actually with people sitting down and scrolling through new listings every day looking for people to tag.

My experience is that when people can afford to keep their expensive property, (sans a house), they rebuild.

This would mean that generally the households in that area wouldn't be able to afford more than $1125 per month. 

i'm looking for my next BRRRR and keep getting outbid. 

Hi @Heather Bailey something to consider with this is legal mother/daughter may not mean legal duplex. 

Fine - use what ever suits you.Someone earlier said, "try to keep it simple" I AM trying to keep it simple.

This would be my first real estate investment, making the decision even more critical.I understand that backing out would mean losing the $2,000 earnest deposit.

It wasn’t ideal, but it was the only way to keep the deal alive.I made the drive to her small town, met her at a local bank, and had the paperwork notarized.

I’ll try to keep this as short as possible but I am at a cross road in life here and can’t seem to find the guidance I need. 

If before getting a permit you have to dance around for Code Dept officials/ city gov and crime is thru the roof, investments will definitely be low whether real estate or other, but it should be benefiting the city officials to keep things that way.