Duplex can always add additional units via the ADU laws. 8) Related to number 1, purchasing a property with an existing ADU is cheaper than buying a property and adding an ADU.

Nobody forced you to buy a property as a investor you are entitled to do your own research and due diligence.

I still have plenty time left saving but when the time comes I’ll either be looking into conventional  loans, or some type of remodel loan to pay for the repairs of the property I am looking to fix up, because as far as I’ve seen so far it’s hard to find a good deal starting out unless you buy it as discounted as possible and put some sweat equity into it, let me know your thoughts on that ur possible.

Future land appreciation in this area might outweigh any tax benefits from buying in other areas, with a better (tax-wise) ratio.Before pursuing your plan, talk to a real estate accountant to figure out if you can, in fact, benefit from cost segregation.

My method has always been to call every listing that hit 90 days on market in areas that I want to buy.

How many people hours at what pay, plus cost of buying lists, plus skip tracing, plus phone/texting charges, plus office overhead and so on and so on.Noobs think texting is cheap to free ;-) 

Over time, I discovered mistake #2 was not buying them right.

Dscr will be useful in the future for fixer uppers and unique buys. 

Buy the max.6.

Once you do get buy something, be sure to look at a cost segregation study for the property.