My regular agent won't insure it for renovations or being vacant for that long.

Quote from @Tanner Cindrich: Hey Sharon, As an investment agent here in Pittsburgh, the market is booming!

I recently thought I found a great duplex but when a local agent toured the property for me, they didn't even feel safe which lead us to believe finding the right tenants would be a challenge. 

They aim to have the seller cover the buyer's agent commission as part of their strategy.

I am hearing from a number of sellers (mostly developers) who are clearly being forwarded copy and paste emails from buyer agents evidenced by questions that aren't even relevant to the properties they are selling.

A bootcamp is how we came into the mix.I'm also a real estate agent, and investor that left their W2 in March to pursue real estate ventures full time.  

I connected with an investor friendly agent How did you finance this deal?

Hey Leslie, I'm an agent down here in Macon and work with mostly investors.

All-in I would have like 20-25k saved up, assuming you don't pay agent fees and can find a lender that will float you the first chunk of construction money. 

Lived in upstairs unit for 3 years, then rented both units out for the next 12 or so years Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?