That being said my residential rental will have a positive cash flow of $500 and I plan to rent out this other side of the duplex immediately and will have a balance of 600 to cover for the mortgage.

Quote from @Joseph McElmeel: Any updates on if New Wealth Advisors is legit, worth it, or a scam?

What are the homes worth?

I think it is best for me in my situation to use an all cash offer, and I don't rent back to distressed sellers.  

This is why I prefer the cash-for-keys approach.

However, there's an obvious loophole to the claim because if you buy a house for 999K and then the value goes over 1 million then technically you're one of the 90% that just became a millionaire through real estate :) REIT investing is a much less active way of investing into the 11 major real estate sub-sectors, in the US we have 274 listed REITs on the major exchanges of NYSE and NASDAQ, and about 75-80 of them are not equity REITs but rather mortgage REITs, which I like to park cash in when 10yr yields are trending down to give me capital appreciation plus 14-15% dividend yields. check out alreits | Global REIT Researchto do more thorough individual research.

In some areas with low water cost the expense of splitting may not be worth it.

If your just going to do one or two a year you can hunt for that investor who probably does not know what their capital is worth.

In Dayton, I find most of my clients like A/B class 1-4 units because they can actually cash flow AND be in great areas.

Paid off real estate cash flows extremely well.