It sounds like it's an empty property that would be losing money each month, so you as the buyer should be in the driver's seat.  

That video brought tears to my eyes.Then, the video mentions something like people who earn $150k, or $300k (can't remember) tell everyone they don't earn enough money to purchase a property.Then, there is the story I told 100 times on BP about the 20-year old Japanese girl who ran away from her parents in Japan, arrived in this country with zero money, never got a job, never had a driver license, never had a boyfriend and in 7 years she owned (financed) 18 condos and single family homes in upper middle-class neighborhoods and she called me on the phone and told me she had purchased a $550k house in Las Vegas and another house in Victorville California making her total 20 houses.It was strange when I met the Japanese girl in 2001 because I had just purchased my first apartment building that was 28 units and she saw me working on the apartments every day and she wanted to hustle me for free work and rides all over the city.

You need to look at housing stock available and decide if you have a reasonable expectation of seeing another duplex you want to live in come up.in your planned time frame where there are reasonable numbers for you.If the town /school district isn't a big driver then keep trying to find that deal you want.

Some cases I've seen relatives that come to live with the borrower but you will have to document the heck out of those strategic scenarios with registration card/drivers licenses registered to your address, utility bills, the relative occupants bank statements, or other documents that show they will live there.

The main driver for demand is the beach and Port Canaveral (one of the biggest cruise ports on the East Coast).

Especially since the trend in families is having less kids later in life.As for people moving to an area, I'm not 100% sure how they could possibly know that with the exception of maybe driver license transfers.

I'm a 13 year UPS driver in downtown Manhattan.

I don't have any kids yet but to me it was such a profound statement and resonated at such a deep level because my main driver in creating wealth through real estate is to give my family that financial foundation. 

Real estate is just the investment vehicle, you are the driver and it is ultimately up to you to guide your investment. 

The biggest economic driver that interested me in this deal was the proximity to where the proposed light rail extension is planned to be located.