And then I still wouldn't buy because if insurance keeps going up and up, it will be unsellable and tenants don't want to live in a flood zone unless they are on the upper floors.

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When I got my first duplex using a 203k, especially it being a fixer upper, the renovation alone took almost 8 months to complete.

Most importantly though, please let me know what types of properties, where, other criteria (fixer upper, turn key, etc)

Looks like a fixer upper and requires extensive improvements.ill check it out, but my guess is it will exceed what im looking for

We bought our first house, a fixer upper.

I have secured financing through a local bank and looking to grab a fixer upper rental SFH.

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Finally, an interesting property has popped up but I don't know if it would make sense in the long term.Some numbers:(I know I said HCOL and this may not appear to be that, but coming from the midwest, this was a significant jump)The avg fixer-upper single-family home is going to run us ~325k and with around $40,000 down and a 6.9% interest rate we're looking at something like $2,400 a month PITINow the duplex I mentioned would go for about 100k more and with the same down payment and interest rate we'd pay something like $3,200 a month.

I'm getting a lot of differing opinions from both real estate professionals and regulating bodies.