Finishing our first duplex construction project and looking to start 3 more simultaneously.

You can pretty easily find a duplex to house hack in a good neighborhood in the $300,000-$400,000 range.

i understand a true duplex might be a lot more expensive, but i think it's at least worth continuing to research and keeping an eye on.and sticking to my original point, OOS can be tough. 

Perhaps you could also purchase a duplex, for example, and use personal funds for the portion that you can live in and 1031 funds for the investment portion.

Buy a duplex, triplex, or quadplex with an FHA loan and live in one unit.

A HELOC on your duplex or home offers flexible, low-interest financing ideal for BRRRR, with potential tax-deductible interest if used for property expenses.

But regardless, this was really confusing how the credit boosting stuff worked with a property with multiple tenant profiles and I wish this has been clearer how it worked in that case.6) My duplex has two addresses. 

Or maybe Natomas but not a lot of duplexes available there. 

Hello,I want to buy a duplex in an area with strong tenant laws.

with 50k you can easily find a duplex that you could get into for 5% and start your journey.Best of luck