This would be our second duplex house hack, and while it's been a great investment, the neighbor our current duplex is located in is not the worst, but not the greatest either, especially when it comes to school district.

There was a few years were prime CA and West coast paper was trading at 60 to 70% but those days are long gone.The paper business ( the sand box I play in) is huge..

Feels like the most straightforward plan to get from point A to point B and sometimes it pays to KISSAcknowledging that I don't know all the numbers you are working with, but if each deal costs an extra $3k-$5k, but because of the efficiency of DSCR loans and the ability to ignore your DTI, you could maybe squeeze an extra deal or two a year in? I

The builder does have incentives that I already priced in. I

You can use apps to scan receipts and keep expenses separated, and Amex even has that technology built in.  I

I'm giving a reverse example, as in I will show how my credit score dropped 59 points in one month because I forgot to do my "trick".The trick is to pay off your entire balance the day of your "statement closing date". 

Like @Tyler Tapley mentioned turnkey can be risky, it's a marketing term nowadays so I would definitely dig deeper into who it is you're investing with and what type of areas they will put you in, I would go as far to say go out and visit them before investing so you can get a better feel of who they are, where it is they invest and the types of renovations they do. 

The best order I usually post mine in is Exterior first (dead center front of the property), then interior, and overhead at the end.

One other manages one and agreed to 8% as well of just the rents and when a new tenant comes in, I pay a new lease up fee (but not for just renewals yrly).

@Drago Stanimirovic I agree the Central IL market is a great one to invest in ! I