Hi Franklin and welcome to real estate investing.

Starting with an owner-occupied duplex is a great way to get into real estate investing while keeping things manageable.

If this is for real, I strongly suspect you'll need to be an accredited investor.

Which market do you have experience in and how is your experience working remotely with your real estate team in the area?  

@Eric E.UBIT only comes into play in an IRA on leveraged real estate and running an active business.

I've seen many landlords that get lucky with good renters for a long period of time, then everything falls apart when they have to deal with real difficulty.I looked up your property on Google Maps, and the street view looks bad.

.-- But the real nail in the coffin could come in the Colorado legislature which is considering reclassifying STRs as commercial property for property tax purposes.

My last offering was has been a real challenge and Matt has stuck with it for over a year.Never swaying from his commitment to me and my success.You need to be willing to take his advice and work hard but his stuff works.I would whole heartedly recommend him to anyone who is serious about raising private money.

Anyway, they are a real lender.

A good friend of mine has a real estate related service business he wanted to scale.