Any recommendations for good investor friendly agents I can shop the rate with? 

We all come with our emotional baggage and one of those bags is specifically about money - and how we feel about it.

.- Shop around for lenders that specialize in owner-occupied multifamily properties.- Use tools like the BiggerPockets mortgage calculators to see how different interest rates and loan terms affect your cash flow.If you have more questions or need further guidance, feel free to ask Good luck with your duplex venture

It's like having 20 cars in a garage, all in good shape with maintenance records and all, and calling a local dealer's shop asking for a trade-in value on one of them, while I can comfortably put it on cars.com and sell it to highest bidder or take it off the market if I can't get the top retail dollar on it.

Hey John, As others noted, you might want to shop a few local CUs to finance this with a HELOC.

I’m shopping companies we”ll see how it goes.

Suburban sprawl: everyone wants walkable neighborhoods with a coffee shop at the corner, but we have a monoculture of single family homes to the horizon5.)

You are looking to create the biggest spread possible so shopping around for the best rate and terms should be a priority.

@Megan Paquet NelsonA good remindee why investors really need to stop price shopping on insurance and really shop based on coverage, a great agent, and actually read their policies so they know what their coverage is and isnt.

Bakerson once again left that sponsor to hold the bag on the deal and Bakerson is no longer participating.