But for homeowners its fantastic way to start in home ownership one of the best I have ever seen !! 

This would help save me some money to use on the house that is getting renovated and I wouldn't have any money out of my pocket up front for the duplex except when the mortgage starts.

It's all about starting smart and scaling up! 

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

Most people that scale also choose one strategy to start with and scale in.

If the drywall cracks in the next year or two, or the doors start to stick, then you likely have a larger settlement issue going on, and will likely need to call a foundation repair contractor. 

In order to do this you need to have deal flow and you need to know 1) How to recognize a good, profitable deal, 2) How to put together funds quickly to buy the deal before someone else does and in such a way where you are protected and the deal is protected, 3) How to run the project so that you follow the budget and don't overspend or overbuild, 4) How to attract an end buyer or a renter and which documents to use to protect yourself and the buyer, 5) If you are going to keep the property then you need to know how to set up the property from the start to best help you in the refinance later, and 6) You need to know how you are planning on managing the property from the beginning in order to make sure it will be profitable at the end.

I’ve had several deals like this on the buy side and sell side where the “gremlins” came out and started whispering against my intuitions.  

I started out with little to nothing when I was in the Army and building up properties slowly. 

I am currently working on starting a youtube channel that will teach what I have learned in becoming a builder, along with following some of my builds start to finish.