hi i am new to bigger pockets, so still trying to get a feel for everything and getting used to moving around on the site, but i do have question , a friend of mine is selling his single family house in fort worth texas , it needs quite a bit of work but who do i call or what department in that city to find out if that house can be turned into a duplex and are their any fees from the city involved, would appreciate any helpful info i can get , i was thinking of step 1- finding out if i can legally convert that house into a duplex step 2- get a house inspectionstep 3- get a contractors estimate of converting into a duplexstep 4- negotiate a price with the sellerstep 5- only proceed if the number are right after crunching in the bigger pocket tools 

That said, in comparing the offering current/proforma numbers to my, more conservative number crunching, it doesn't yield a big profit incentive. 

However, I have a house in KC and once you crunch the numbers it didn't make as much sense to rent a 1bd apt above the garage vs renting it as one.

I have found a few working class low income neighborhoods that I am interested in, and i have be very conservative when crunching numbers on what i may consider a good deal. $100.00 per door cash flow after all expenses are covered, is what I would consider a great deal (@Brandon Turner ).

Make sure you are crunching the numbers and making sure that they work before you purchase a property in these areas.

Right now in these low cost markets are being bought by other investors so you need to crunch the numbers on the return the property will generate from rental income at the sales point you hope to attain.

We are going to be living in either Calgary, Alberta or Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada) I have looked at a lot of online listings and done a lot of number crunching but am quite clueless.

How do you crunch the numbers on those criteria?

Jerimiah, you really should have crunched the numbers and figured out your strategy before purchasing.

A great article was recently written by @Brandon Turner...See: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/05/28...I feel that a year coupled with some books, self analysis/reflection on what you want, smart goals, and building up your confidence level will do SO much more than investing on a time crunch & making a 2-5k wholesale fee.Thoughts?