I am doing a carry back on a property I am selling.

The basis carried over to you since it was gifted, not inherited.

Carry these with you and give them to everyone you talk yo along with your business card, this way you can leave them with something if they are too busy or dont feel comfortable talking long.

What you are considering sound more like buying a home not investing.Where do you intend to get your cash for the DP, closing costs, reno and carrying costs.

Do you obtain it or does the owner carry additional insurance?

Use larger construction crews to get the job done quicker and reduce carrying costs.

The supply is only limited by how quickly they can walk and how much candy they can carry before needing to drop off their load at home and retrieve an empty container for more goods.

You just need to not carry their garbage around with you once you've moved on.

Seller will carry the note so ideally I buy it, build duplex, refinance after a year or two, pay the seller off, and then have a beach house that can rent for under $500,000 in SoCal.

Sometimes the little extras can save you on the carrying costs.