Then install a wifi enabled water meter on the water main for each duplex so you can read the two meters from anywhere.   

That enables you to only put 5% down and charge rent to your tenants on the other side.

The points are likely what's enabling the low interest rate.

What is the most financially feasible and potentially lucrative option for me, which would enable me to live in the country part-time and the city part-time?

For example in 2001, as the events of September 11th happened and the world stood still, I was completing a home I had been building for the previous 15 months.Just as the air traffic was frozen, so was the real estate market and, as a result, I couldn’t sell my primary residence which would have enabled us to have the needed down payment to purchase our new home.

I plan on retiring in 10 years in hopes of using rental properties I acquire as my main source of income that will enable me to still hold a W-2 job at my leisure and not because I need it per se.

I leased the home with a significant option price, enabling the owner to keep the home until the loan modification went through.

While you’re going through the potential ups and downs over the next few months, begin thinking about your personal goals and families ambitions and how your professional goals can enable you to achieve those.

This enables us to give offers, on the spot or even on the phone.

I started in RE investing by syndicating a 48 unit property in Texas.I had zero experience so I decided to start at 40 units or larger because the people that were guiding me said that the rule of thumb for staff was roughly 40 units to support a PT manager and PT maintenance.This allowed me to hire a manager that had experience so it wasn't me trying to figure it out on my own, I had a "partner" on-site that knew what they were doing.This was absolutely the right move for me as it was a relatively conservative way to start and enabled me to scale nicely from there.