I have about $150k cash on hand as well as I am planning to get a construction loan to cover the remaining cost of a duplex.

Property 1:Purchase price - $73,000Mortgage - NONE (Paid Cash)Monthly Rent - $875Monthly Profit - $580Property 2:Purchase price - $65,000Mortgage - NONE (Paid Cash)Monthly Rent - $950Monthly Profit - $750Property 3:Purchase Price - $107,500Mortgage - $80,625 Monthly Rent - $1300Monthly Profit - $435Current Cash Available - $110,000Current Available Equity - $96,500 Cumulative Total - $206,500The available equity was a HELOC loan that was given at 70% LTV so those are real numbers, they would be from property 1 and property 2.The reason im typing this is because I would like to know if there were any builders that could give a rough estimate of building cost per square foot in Kansas City area or suburbs.

Cost to acquire is ~100k and I plan on spending an extra 15k on repairs. 

We estimate that the basement will cost approximately $30,000.

Three units to maintain.Although I need to do the math, scenario 1 strikes me as more economical as there are shared costs gained with a multifamily property.

"Flows of the tongue pretty nice, looks good on paper... but there is a cost to that.

@Kathleen Park if you want the tenants to cover, just increase the monthly rent a bit at renewal to cover the cost.

We were also looking at a TON of houses in the area so we knew this house was under what it should have costed.

Since this is an FHA Streamline, there is no appraisal, no income verification, no employment verification, no out-of-pocket costs, and nothing rolled into the new loan.

I would like to possibly purchase a multiplex 2-4 units that is a proven winner when comparing costs to return. would this be ideal?