Double your money on your 60% left over. 

If it is a private money/ commercial style  lender, it is a relatively simple process.

That’s great advice Taz, I’m currently working on saving enough money to get started, house hacking is hard for me at the moment because I just bought a house 2 years ago, I would have to sell my house(which is in a great neighborhood great location) and use that money to fund the duplex which isn’t totally out of the question, I would like to keep the house if possible but also would like to get real estate investing more.

fee of $5,000 to which I responded, "with all the money out there seeking a place to be, why would I need Lendbase to shop for a loan for me?".

U guys let it get this far over 3400.00 its your fault.. even if you did something wrong.. who is going to go to arbitration for such a small amount of money..

And you probably need money for living expenses.

But even to this day the money is always the winner not me.. thats how you raise significant capital ..

Private (hard) money might help with renovation but will be pricey.

In a really good market, an investor can achieve 1% of the money invested.

You don't want to get a call 3 months into a project where you have lent money and hear the operator say that they ran out of money and need more money from you to finish the project or you will lose your investment.