The population boom mixed with a constant rotation of renters just makes it feel like a good area to invest further.

If your numbers are tight to begin with, anything going wrong at any stage -- purchase, rehab, renting, refinancing -- can put a strain on the deal.Don't do the deal if you don't have reserves and can cover holding costs.Expect 8 months of holding costs because typically you can't refinance until 180 days post-close, and then it takes maybe a month or so to actually refinance from there start to finish.If you can't BRRRR comfortably (e.g. leaving money in the deal or not cashing out) then it may not be a good idea until you're ready.Most lenders will be around 70% LTV, not 75%.

If Trump is reelected, those relationships will only be further strained.

I have run the numbers and it will cash flow really well, but my question is wouldn't that put a tremendous strain on me only owning half of the duplex. 

Your RE investments should not put a strain on your personal money, and vice versa.Other than that, which you may have already taken care of, I wish you the best!

There have been growing pains--affordability concerns, strained transportation, low housing inventory, homelessness, sprawl vs. density--that will carry on in full force this new decade.

That’s what I did: I found an off market 4-plex through a realtor, am living in one unit and fixing it up, and going to rotate through the other units over the course of the next year and do the same.

We “rotate” our investment styles to match the economic conditions of the time.

I actually look for and prefer to rent to military personnel because they tend to be more stable usually renting the property for 2 to 3 years minimum. sure during high deployment times there is a chance someone could try to get out of the lease and it happens but the days of heavy rotation are gone for the moment.generally speaking 90-day orders can break a lease.Good luck.

It is usually the second or third Wednesday of the month and we rotate between South Portland, Scarborough, and Saco.