I plan to owner occupy and I was originally looking at duplexes and figured that I will definitely be able to handle one tenant and understand that this will be a great learning experience going this route but I lean towards valuing my time (as we all do..) so lately I have been thinking about another option.

I am leaning towards a HELOC, I will try to get one even though I don’t have 2 full yrs tax returns from my business.

Thank you Kyle, I am leaning toward rentaloutions, I will look at PropertyZar. 

Depends on budget, timeline, how the house is built/laid out but I'd lean towards a double vanity as you have enough space there.

As far as exit strategy, again assuming your numbers are fairly accurate, I'd lean to wholesaling as-is if you can get anywhere close to what you would get post rehab. 

They are generally run by grey haired busy bodies and control freaks who have no understanding of their own rules or the law that governs them. 

So great to have a community to lean on and get advise.  

Most inspections just check to see if the outside of the valve body is leaking.

At the moment my wife and I are looking to purchase our first home (a fixer upper) in a nice neighborhood but the home has foundation issues such as leaning walls, cracked bricks, etc.

I’m leaning more and more towards downtown Baltimore market, I have an interest in getting townhomes aiming towards college students, young professionals and hipsters, for some reason I just have an interest in inner city townhouses rather than suburb properties, is there any set data on what is a better investment ?