t out of luck. 

Might coat you $500 or more for a hour but will save you a $15k bill from a contractor who simply sees a easy way to make money off off you! 

The whole project cost about $2000-$3,000.Since this project was simply replacing planter boxes and adding gravel to an already graveled area (I did change the layout)...

My belief for SFR is that prices simply don't move much and grow slower than inflation.

Another possibility I looked into is simply leave the current SFH as is since we have long term tenant, but build ADUs on the lot.

I live in Albuquerque and would just like to reach out to local real estate investors simply to start a dialogue. 

If it is with a former employer, simply create an SDIRA and roll it over.Before doing any of that, you should familiarize yourself with Prohibited Transactions.

When I found the property I simply extended the radius of my search and tadaaaa "duplex" cought my attention and especially for a $350k purchase.

If they default, you keep deposit and anything they have paid prior to default and simply evict them.

Not only that, but it is unoccupied and subject to any number of things happening to it while it is unoccupied simply put, it just does not seem worth it to try to haggle over a raise like this. however, if you are in a high demand area with your property, and you know that it has a lot of value, you could post an ad to try to get some feelers out for occupancy and if you find something better, as far as quality and price for the occupant, then you can consider the lengthy eviction process, but again you're doing all of this for about $200 extra and none of it seems worth it.