Just for simple math use average 20% personal tax rate.  

In our area we do not have slabs so replacing pipe in a crawl is pretty easy.. and for sure just digging up water line in the yard is super simple

An FHA loan with 3.5% down could make house hacking feasible, especially if you find a property where rental income offsets much of the mortgage.For now, prioritize house hacking close to work to keep things simple.

In the end, I set myself of up a C-Corp > LP > LLC structure after hearing a lot of people were doing simple LLCs and getting double taxed. 

This was a very simple due diligence item that was missed by many people. 2.  

While I don’t suggest that the smaller type investor purchase and utilize “exotic” vehicles like foreign asset protection trusts, family limited partnerships with outside controls, or Byzantine or convoluted maze of ownership entities, the more simple strategies of using Series LLCs, self directed retirement plans, and paying off their home mortgage to the extent of the Federal BK homestead exemptions can insure that a plaintiff attorney never even considers going after them.  

Its pretty simple as the money just sits in the account.

Simple furnishings bought used, a single bed, and dresser. 

For a simple reason, we have emotions.

When you say the 2 plex appreciates more, are you talking about forced appreciation or simply the value going up as the market goes up, what I'll call simple appreciation?