In my area, that is about half of what the total cost would be at 12 units.

@Chris TaualiiThe easiest way to start is by just driving the areas you want to buy and look for FSBO signs or look online.

Ideally looking for something where I can rent a room or other half of a duplex for income or house hacking.

Obviously using the rent from the other half to cover the mortgage and spending all of your income otherwise would increase your long term risk and the amount that I would recommend in reserve.As far as closing costs, I used to rough number 3500 plus downpayment when mortgaging.

About a week and a half ago I purchased Cody Sperber's first million in real estate and since then I've practically completed the course.

My parents are very supportive, I don't dislike living with them...I dislike the hour to hour and a half commute to work each morning and the same, if not longer, at night. 

The easiest way to get rid of the mortgage is to sell the property.

The properties up for auction are usually posted around a month and a half before the auction date, so I was wondering if there was a time frame in which you can present offers before auction?

An idea I am looking into is purchasing a duplex for my first place in about a year or so and I would only rent one side cause I'd live in the other half and I would love to know if this is a good way to get into real estate and i would like to know what you guys think about that approach?

From the "paint and carpet" cosmetic rehabs to a house we are finishing up now that was a 200yr old log cabin that required us to catch the top story of the home with industrial steel i-beams and remove the entire bottom half of the house and rebuild it from the footers up.