The biggest question you need to ask yourself is if you are doing this to afford a property you otherwise couldn’t afford or to save money period, that will lead to very different conclusions about where/if to buy. 

And how much rehab are you willing to do? 

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With no major renovations needed, it was an ideal candidate for a quick resale.

Basement square footage is valued MUCH less.

If I'm ever in need of a broker in the DE markets, I will reach out. 

Hope your next steps are much more smooth and you can take those lessons and turn them in to gold. 

As you look to scale, just make sure to hold/build reserves for when repairs come up and take your time screening tenants as you will find a vacant unit is much less stressful than dealing with a bad tenant.

Markets like Cleveland, you only need about $130k for C-Grade duplexes.

I have been considering reaching out to the seller to see if they are still interested in selling the property and just this week I found a Facebook marketplace posting from the seller trying to sell their home off market because “it became too much for her to maintain alone”.