We wouldn’t want to resell within a year for the reason you mentioned, but we’re starting to think it’s a smarter strategy to buy and quickly fix up a duplex or more to first get our foot in the door.

Most of the private lenders we deal with don’t require appraisals, never set foot on any of the properties they finance for us and, best of all, often finance 100% of the purchase price and renovations.

Brother B could be convinced to see things my way but has had some financial strains lately so it might be an uphill battle. 5)My mom is in memory care and did not do any end-of-life planning so my brothers and I are footing the cost of her care.

Per square foot, does one or the other have a higher likelihood of returning a higher return?  

Do not shoot yourself in the foot and walk away from what could be a great property.

.)- All in Cost = Cost to build * Square foot  - Sales Price = All in Cost + (All in cost * 20%)* Covers contractor and soft cost on either fee based or cost+- Profit = (Sales price - (Sales Price * 7%))* - All in Cost   accounts for agent fees and closing cost- Initial List Price = Sales price + 10%      A buffer to test market absorption- Break Even being All in cost, point where everyone is paid except me. - List price is to test the market absorption at "x" price. 250k land + build.

Multi-family properties many times provide a better return per square foot than single family, which would be to your advantage as well.As long as you're mindful of the reinvestment requirements and purchase at least as much as you sold and use all of the proceeds, you shouldn't have any issues with this strategy.

Good Morning,So I have always dreamed of getting a duplex as my first house and to house hack to get my foot in the door in real estate investing.

Also I would talk with those that install systems they usually have a good feel for areas and maybe will do an onsite inspection.for me if just vacant land and all i need to do is dig a 3 foot hole to get soil samples I am going to just do that. 

I own a 4000 square-foot warehouse that has about 1/3 of an acre lot fenced in.