It was a fixer-upper and from the description sounded like the kind of house I'd be interested in so I sent an email and text to the contact info listed. 

We met the upper unit tenant which has been there for 20 plus years.

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I'm biased though because I have lived in middle/upper middle class area my whole life and would never live in a lower middle class/low class neighborhood area.

i have 100k saved up i dont want to work anymore because its trades and i cant do it with my body any longer. can someone please help me on how i can get freedom 

(Full disclosure, I am a leadership and upper management consultant helping organizations with their projects and preparing their up - and coming managers for leadership roles.

That means that there aren't any comps and the only sold duplexes are fixer-uppers, before they get rented. 

Turnkey or fixer upper?  

For example, you can buy a fixer upper with the HELOC funds, season it, then refi into traditional mortgage and rent it out.

I also will help my friends and family by re-embursing them with the mandatory 6% realtor fee's, which brings me to my next question; could I advertise myself as an agent with my slogan being " I will give you $500 cash if you let me help you" I don't see any agents that do that, and I wouldn't care giving others part of my commission, so they could get money and I could also get money but most importantly the experience.although sheet metal workers in my area make an average of $90k a year, it is just hard on the body/lots of hours and would love to try perusing real estate.