Might coat you $500 or more for a hour but will save you a $15k bill from a contractor who simply sees a easy way to make money off off you! 

I live in Albuquerque and would just like to reach out to local real estate investors simply to start a dialogue. 

If it is with a former employer, simply create an SDIRA and roll it over.Before doing any of that, you should familiarize yourself with Prohibited Transactions.

Not only that, but it is unoccupied and subject to any number of things happening to it while it is unoccupied simply put, it just does not seem worth it to try to haggle over a raise like this. however, if you are in a high demand area with your property, and you know that it has a lot of value, you could post an ad to try to get some feelers out for occupancy and if you find something better, as far as quality and price for the occupant, then you can consider the lengthy eviction process, but again you're doing all of this for about $200 extra and none of it seems worth it.

When I found the property I simply extended the radius of my search and tadaaaa "duplex" cought my attention and especially for a $350k purchase.

Another possibility I looked into is simply leave the current SFH as is since we have long term tenant, but build ADUs on the lot.

You would then simply transfer it back to the named borrower.If you wanted to decrease the DOS issue, you can transfer to a revocable trust with the entity as beneficiary. 

I'm neither an attorney nor a CPA; I'm a Realtor simply passing along this information for those who may find it helpful.Jeet SanghaCOMPASSDRE: 02014485

I do my best to be the intermediate between the consumer and the seller, simply by bringing awareness to a buyer's potential.

Simply because rates are higher, homes are not selling, and deals do not work.