They will entertain a 1/2 seller financing but I am unsure on how this works, I have been following a lot of bp and never really heard how it works when only a portion is seller financed. the other issue is how much the bank will require being that it is technically a business not just real estate property.

Should I leave a certain door open during the appraisal so that the building is still technically a duplex?  

I am not sure what the technicality difference in him holding a recorded mortgage leaves us with.

Will he need to be present in order to sign the Purchase and Sale agreement since he is technically the seller?

You are technically allowed to have a trust as the deeded entity for estate planning purposes.

I am slowly starting to build my list of trusted contacts as I meet more people in the area but didn't want that to hold me up from getting my first deal.As for the LLC people talk about the mortgage company could technically ask for the payment upon transfer of title but I have never heard of that happening (not sure of the technical term).  

If we were getting technical, the bet was that I can't, not that I don't. 

Technically, you can absolutely get that next property and new mortgage as a primary residence without waiting a year. 

you come off as being aggressive trying to prove the landlord is in the wrong, which technically maybe they are but look at the intent of the lease.

I just did a search for a stand alone single family, it is technically in Kelowna but most would not really consider it to be in the city.