The only time we will not make an offer site unseen is if we run into a situation where an owner or a realtor won't accept site unseen offers. 

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I would invest in Sunrise Capital, but I didn't get the impression that they would accept $50K as an initial investment, which I always like to do to try out a new firm (for me) and to diversify geography and risk.

It will take you to that municipalities website. 

As you go on your real estate journeySomething I would recommend for you is this website. https://www.areavibes.com/Use this rating and classification system I have created over time to get an idea of the "Class" for the area - A class B class & so onHere is my rating & classification for each livability score.80 and above A+78/79 A76/77 A-74/75 B+72/73 B70/71 B-68/69 C+66/67 C64/65 C-60/63 D59 and below F

Otherwise, you could network with a local Realtor to your area and see how many duplexes sell per year within your acceptable driving radius.

We have been around the bigger pockets community for over a decade now and have more 5 star reviews on bigger pockets than any company on this website in any industry (>270 5 Star reviews).

Their newsletter/website/social media has all the vendor recommendations for our area.

The only slight red flag was that they only accepted payment via Venmo or wire transfer, but that's how I accepted payment when I was selling lead bundles, so I still thought it was worth a shot.

In other words if they are all acceptable places from an investing point of view, change your perspective and look at the other things they have to offer.