First flip with good margins and intending to do more in the realm of real estate?

Purchase price: $295,000 Cash invested: $60,000 After living in five different states in US.

It has been my life's mission to build my own duplex, house hack it & use it to catalyze the BRRR cycle.As I get closer to breaking ground on the project, I'm still not 100% confident in it's feasibility due to the costs of land & construction considering it is mandatory to secure an appraisal 20% above build & land cost. 

Congrats on this!

If I could find a duplex that sells at that number and is rent-ready, I'd actually be pretty close to 2%.The problem is that if I inverted my analysis and said, "Hey - this hits the 1% rule!"

You can find a good rental homes in decent areas here in Columbus and you can find homes in even better areas if you were looking in the Toledo, Dayton, or Cleveland areas

Focus on getting your finances in order, setting achievable goals, and finding a mentor or local real estate groups to guide you.

I probably also need to find a realtor who specializes in multifamily who can help me find a plot of land that can be used for this purpose. 

It’s completely reasonable not to renew the lease in this situation.

If you wanted to house hack I would stay where you are at and find one there.