I believe the profits from the flips would be a faster way to get enough cash on hand for down payments on rentals.

A termination of a M2M is less costly and faster than a eviction.

(Flipped homes before, never a duplex.)Here is the current plan, PLEASE correct or comment any or all of our assumptions.Purchase and renovate in 3 months.Rent both sides for $800 (feel confident about this number possibly even $850)Hold for 6 months to show good rental history and that it will rent for this amount.Make $9,600 in rent (minus expenses of course - used BP rental calc)Sell to Investor wanting turn key rental for $160,000 using 1% ruleOR Sell to Investor for 155,000 to beat 1% rule by a little to sell faster????

Investing out of state requires a great deal of trust, and if you find the right PM, they are worth their weight in gold.The one that I have I sent an expensive bottle of scotch when he pointed me to a deal that has really catapulted my investment returns.

Maybe the middle ground is partial financing on your house hack and/or pay the mortgage down faster than the amortization schedule.  

Having this will take a lot of stress off of you and allow you to do more deals faster. 

Now I would have to make even credit requirements stricter as threat of eviction is not going to work anymore and you need really good history on on-time payments.For handling vacancy expenses, I guess just plan for better rehabs and quality product so that good qualified tenants come to you faster.

Contractors generally will get the work done quicker, which means you can rent it out faster.

And then they used the weighted average to tally up the scores.

We use cozy.co, people love it's all online and offering the ability to use a credit card.My only negative is it takes 5-days to get the $$, you can get it faster for $3, just fyi