The City of Montgomery is the Capital of Alabama with a robust economic environment that has produced multiple awards of excellence at the Chamber of Commerce level.

I'm having a hard time finding any estimating tools for this kind of a project, adding a story and multiple BR/1 BA, and wondered if there were any tools, sites or recommendations any of you have for this kind of a project. 

@Lolo Druff Real Estate Investing is not like Trading Stocks or Crytocurrency.Real Estate Investing requires some deep thought and research from you as an Investor.Having 400k to deploy to multiple duplexes is a great start but you have some questions to ask and answer yourself.

Inspection Results: Mostly small issues, inspector was mainly concerned with multiple cracks throughout the siding.

I've used mine multiple times in the past deals, including a VA jumbo loan. 

Given the nature of small towns, we have personal relationships with multiple members of the board which we believe positions us well for success but of course there is still uncertainty.

We have had multiple phone calls with all parties, and our owner has taken time to personally speak with him as well.

Multiple offers are now the rare exception, not the norm.

I also have some interested friends if the work requires multiple people.

Also you spread out your risk over multiple units, so if you get a vacancy, you still have money coming in (vs a SFR - no tenant = no money).