@Brianna Schmidt : the information you posted is fabulous as duplexes are on my radar. I

I am assuming since you did not mention it that you didn't go the '''syndication route".With all the talk of 'private money' and the rules surrounding it, it is always good to learn how others deal with those issues.I am JUST starting to talk to potential lenders about doing private lending, and I the feeling I get is there might be a strong possibility that a few of them would be open to the partnering together on a larger project, which in all honesty was NOT even on my radar. I

I assume the appraisal is only based on the "official" home.I would be at least moderately concerned that you have space being leased out for habitation purposes that is not on the city and tax assesssor's radar. I

A lot of times, it takes more than the address of the tax bill, and googling the persons name, cheching whitepages, facebook, radaris, etc..Skip programs are pretty amazing, they'll tell you the adress of a person if they are renting, as well as phone numbers (cell and landlines), family members, etc...

My radar is suggesting there are some overlooked issues.

I thought I could fly under the radar. I

Such as Grimsby, St Catharines, Stoney Creek.. although I was looking that way a while ago and nothing came up on the radar. I

@Elenis C. yes, JAX is on my radar. I

Property Radar is just such a robust tool.Yesterday I went and looked at a few Timber properties I was interested in  both of them a good 10 to 15 miles back into the boonies.the app comes up it tags to google earth and then one thing I am very good at is direction and finding stuff being an old land sales guy.I orient the phone and the app on the phone to north.. and in 2 minutes I found the parcels .. no address's nothing but the app and what's cool is the lot lines lay over the google earth.. what could have been and Easter egg hunt took me a matter of minutes.Now the only thing I would like to add to the app is USGS topos.. out here in our area is quite hilly or mountainous really. 

Thankfully, my time horizon is 20 years plus, so this is just a blip on the radar. I