I went from 5 rentals to 19 during that time.I know others who are much better at systems, networking and controlling rehab costs than myself who scaled much larger, much faster, and never ran their own marketing.Hopefully this context helps.

For me, Down Payment and Closing Cost, Since I am young and want this to be my retirement, I want to buy as much now and hold forever.

Lower risk and much greater opportunity to scale while keeping within a relatively small geographic area.

What documents are absolutely needed.

Best part is I needed proximity to NYC when I purchased this property so getting in and out of the city was breeze which in turn attracted desirable tenants who also need proximity to NYC. 

I'm not an accountant and it is much better to ask yours (probably time to get one). 1.

I've never owned a duplex before, so I don't know too much about it. 

The key is the fed knows they need to help mortgage rates right now so if they lower the fed rate AND stop selling the treas bonds in their porfolio, that will help create more demand for bond sales to keep prices up and get rates down a bit.I can see mortgage rates hitting 5 to 5.25 by spring of next year. 

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If they do allow it, a third unit will need proper egress to get confirmed.