yes, its quite disproportional, the $50K all in duplexes are out there, Im in a rural area in WI and am doing single family, my sweet spot is 2-3 bedroom, all in (purchase and rehab) below $35K with rents between $725-$825/mo now to be honest, your probably not gona find those as an out of state investor, I move fast with cash, and roll the dice sometimes, but it can be done, You should be able to get into $50K duplexes in Milwaukee, Im guessing C/D areas.

If you keep it with sub 2000 square feet you'll hit the sweet spot for Provo.

However, the investor sweet spot for purchase ans rehab is $120,000 to $135,000.

I think turnkey is the sweet spot between passive and hands on.There is a wide range of "turnkey" though.

Miguel "Mike" Perez Actually their prohibition on short sales to family members/related parties is purely an attempted safeguard to avoid "sweet heart deals" where they may get less than market value, and if it were allowed it would also encourage many to try and get rid of part of their loan balance by simply running it thru a family member in a short sale, and essentially retaining the property.  

I'm in Columbus Ohio so if you live in and have completed wholesale deals in Ohio your insight on this subject would be greatly appreciated.I'm in need of a short and sweet list of documents from start to finish to complete a residential real estate wholesale deal.

Thanks for sharing your sweet spot.  

It sounds like you set yourself up a sweet situation with the house hack you got going on and you knew what your intentions were for the property. 

Thanks Mark (sirry the @ doesn't work on my phone).I feel like a duplex hits a sweet spot where you get a lot of space and privacy compared to a complex, especially if it's mixed in a SFH area.  

In my mind this is the "sweet spot" for a first property purchase.