A little about myself, I'm 32 years old and I have a wonderful bride and three young children.

Little backstory...my mother currently lives in my childhood home that is totally paid off (father purchased it back in 1985 for like 100k). 

Seriously...I'm a wedding photographer and I can't count the number of times I've returned a call and the bride was shocked.

I grew up in Belize in the '80s and still maintain some very strong friendships there with my childhood friends that went on to become leaders and officials in different areas.

I did have the resources, I just needed to have the know-how-to.I finally did pull the trigger in 04 and used partners and private money to fund my deals.Background - Worked at UPS as a teen ager, started my printing business at 19, got a branch II pest control license and worked with a childhood friend in that biz for 2 years, still do some printing on the side, and now operate a full time RE investing biz where I buy and hold, buy/rehab/flip, spec build, land develo, educate, and more.The reason I ask is that you have a way of responding to my posts which I find very "interesting" to say the least.

If I can get a return assignment here from Korea my plan (since I'm handy and spent most of my childhood around construction sites) is to buy a cheap property in a decent neighborhood (possibly foreclosed), do most of the rehabbing myself and flip it to a rental property.

An old childhood friend of mine who has a decade more experience than me actually puts a monthly luncheon of investors and guest speakers.

You could always knock on their door and see if they are willing to let you check out the house if you tell them it was your childhood home or something and maybe learn about their financial situation to see if maybe they would be able to pay you rent or if you'd rather get them out and fix it up for a higher rent or to flip.

Yes, a lot of houses in the burbs don't have the duplex set up, but depending on the size of the property you might be able to carve out a semi-private unit as some friends did with their childhood home.

I was born and raised in Montgomery County, MD my entire childhood until I purchased my primary residence (townhouse) in Howard County, MD at the age of 23.