I am a realtor in Marlyand and last year I bought my first duplex which I currently house hack.

What I can say is I recently did a home inspection on a property which uncovered a lead inlet pipe into the house. 

Or they can be sold to investors.I think they are particularly attractive for new investors to buy as a house hack - you live in one and rent out 3, most, if not all, your expenses will be covered.Look at what it last sold for, has it appreciated?

Purchasing a new primary and turning my current house into a rental and looking to hire a PM but some of the fee's seem high. 1 quote - 100% 1st/month rent if i self-manager, or 75% 1st/mo rent and 10%/mo for PM to manage.Again, im new to this but from reading and talking to people there is a typical finders fee ~1000$ and 10%/mo rent if the PM manages. 

Is it possible to do a 1031 exchange and use the proceeds to buy a house using hard money, then refinance into a long term loan?

The builder usually has some type of warrenty other than that closing is pretty traditional which would have been similar to your first house. 

Vacant lots, houses that need to be demolished, etc.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Riverwoods.

Purchase price: $365,000

Cash invested: $550,000

Bought to live in, forced some equity and was able to get out almost...

.- My Resources / Constraints: I'm in a by no means unique, but perhaps less common situation for those getting started; I'm a somewhat senior software engineer at a tech megacorp and should be able to save a couple of down payments per year for lower priced houses (100-200 in my area), or perhaps one medium priced house (300-500).

My main concern about actual house hacking for a few years in a row is that we don't want the kiddos to have to change schools once we relocate up there.I'm thinking about getting an appreciation-oriented duplex/triplex in a pricier market with good schools that we could stay in for several years, and saving for an actual cashflow property that'd we buy as an investment property instead of a house hack.