I want to make sure of something here . . . the duplex is FOURTEEN THOUSAND square feet total? 

I believe that REI is the best vehicle for me to reach my financial, career, and service goals.My current plan is to buy, rehab, house-hack and rent-out, refinance, move-out, and hold a 2-4 unit property in the Twin Cities area starting with an FHA 203k loan (if I can manage the red tape).

It'll depend on the square footage of the roof, the type of material you want to use and generally where in NC you are.

The square footage on the house is 2350 and is 2-story.

The mortgage broker is telling me these are red flags.Interesting advice regarding requesting mold and roof are fixed.

I've only recently invested outside the loop, and it's been larger units with onsite managers (and still CLOSE to inside the loop)Here is my stuff inside and outside the loop (red box obviously) 

You are ONLY allowed to depreciate full busines use square footage- so the rooms you rent, and if they have a private bath. 

The city where I invest sets occupancy limits based on number of bedrooms and square footage. 

@Emily Reddington,A few things...1) If you lived in this duplex for 2 of the past 5 years, you should be able to exclude any capital gains from the portion you lived in (i.e. about 50% give or take, probably depending on the square footage).  

Until the red lights come on anyway....