Would you be open to connecting sometime this week to see if we can create some synergy between our businesses?

Quote from @Allison Cutlip: My boyfriend and I are closing on our first property soon which is a duplex where we will be living in one side and renting out the other. 

We could build larger, but there will be less Buyers and the home can potentially sit for longer and holding costs get expensive.Not saying building larger is wrong, but just giving you our reasoning for our home size.But I do 100% agree with you. 

We have been keeping our eyes and ears out there for the past year. 

Would that lower our tax liability from other income we receive or no because this is purely RE and not an operating business?

Clearing potential building sites.  

While still small we have learned ALOT and would be willing to share all our information and answer any questions you may have.

MInd you, we've gotten really good at our scopes of work and we have one of our GCs go through the property with us to give us our scopes of work.

The downside is that you have to share your home with a neighbor and since most of our duplexes are upper/lower configurations you will usually hear them a little - at least know when they are home.

Our tenant accidentally broke a kitchen cupboard door.