I have had this goal of buying my first duplex and have talked to real estate investors, realtors, lenders, appraisers and have been encouraged so much to where I am anxious to dive into this.Now that I am 18 I have absolutely no debt, a credit score of 727, I have 28k sitting in a certificate of deposit, a couple years of working consistently under my belt, I’ve also been investing in my Roth IRA, I feel very blessed to be in this situation.I am still in high school, I know it wouldn’t be smart to buy a house right now but something in me is so anxious to buy this house I know I have to have patience but I don’t know if I should start the process of getting pre approved, finding a good investor friendly realtor, lender, preparing my documents or if I should just wait.When analyzing deals in my market I have crystal clear real estate deal criteria my strategy is house hacking a duplex, price range of 500,000-600,00 in Salt lake, Utah! 

Much of the federal land out here in the west is used as range land for ranchers, oil and gas extraction, logging, mining, military training, recreation and conservation areas, etc. so it's not like it's not being used.

I've done multiple deals for that amount or less, and I actively have clients working in that range right now too.In short, you get one primary residence. 

There are many services out there offering similar capabilities, often at a more reasonable cost and with a customer service team that values and respects its clients.

Knowing and respecting each other's lanes is really important, as well as having the confidence in your partner that they are going to do their job and you don't have to worry about it.

I'm looking for something around the $700 price range (not including skiptracing/lead sourcing).What do y'all use?

. - cap rates for multifamily seem to be in that 5-5.5 range currently as far as I can tell, which has come off a bit since the peak on 2022, but are still lower than other asset classes.

The comps for a 1,200 sqft house in this area range from $250K to $300K, which would give me a minimum of 25% ARV after rehabbing the house.

Presently AUD.USD is sitting at 0.67-0.69 range that makes it very risky if there is not margin of safety.

You can get solid cash-flowing single families in the 90-120k price range and duplexes in the 130-180k price range.