I am thinking since I want to continue my real estate journey if I should buy a duplex and just live in it and rent the other half out as opposed to buying a single family. can a single family home that you live in be considered an investment at all?

As a fellow Northerner, I tend to buy in the Southern half of the US for 2 reasons:1) you get much higher year-round occupancy rates in the South & it’s simply tough to earn a good ROI in the North if your place sits vacant for a big chunk of the year2) Culturally, the Southern half of the US seems to be a lot more accepting of STRs regulation-wise.

Purchase price: $245,000 Cash invested: $50,000 This was our primary residence that we are lived in for 6 years while we fixing up and renovating. 1963 farmhouse that was outdated and loads of half a$$ work and deferred maintenance.

Each time about half the units on the sand got red tagged and had to be built off the sand at the inland part of the lots.  

Most brokers will want to protect their exclusivity on an off-market deal, as they put in extra effort to source it directly for you.3.

Based on my basic research a charged off debt stays on ones credit report for seven and a half years.  

Or the East half of Cleveland as a whole?

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain.

So I went with the advice to just get extra liability on my properties and call it good.

The basement has consistently been linked to the first floor, which features an extra bathroom, a living room, and a spacious office.