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It's been a frustrating process with the agent who didn't honor our deadline for a response (which was the first by many days) but waited for more offers and then did a multiple counter offer, meaning they countered several offers.  

Multiple heirs can be a deal breaker.  

Running each property seperate from another in LLC's would be a bit much, most people run one LLC with all the property under the same umbrella, sometimes if they are spread across multiple states and cities people will separate them out.

-I want to own multiple properties (3-5, or a lot more) that create an income stream, so buy-hold scenarios interest me (whether its condos or SFH, I'm not quite sure).

As Wayne said, you need to make sure the stay was lifted in the bankruptcy and then you are free of any restrictions imposed by the bankruptcy (or bankruptcies- they may be trying to play games with multiple filings). 

I very much like the idea of having multiple streams of income.

This provides LLCs with greater conduits for investment, as well as greater flexibility for multiple-entity strategies.

There may not have been but I would bet there were multiple red flags 2 years ago before the lease signing that were over looked.

A duplex is a good starter investment because it gives the economies of scale with multiple units, but without jumping into the deep end of the pool with apartments.