You should plan on 20% down, closing costs, legal etc. and probably another 10K in reserve funds.You should probably spend more time studying finances, real estate and your local area to get a more complete education on investing.

The property was legally converted from a SFR to a duplex at some point in time.

@Kyle Inbody If you are seeking a Fannie/Freddie loan, your full time student designation does actually count for work history.

Any time a landlord accepts rent payments in exchange for a person to live somewhere, they have created a legally binding lease.

You need an attorney's legal expertise here. 

I have journey level skills in just about all building trades and I am an architectural designer so when I want to wholesale a house I am willing to join my fortune or luck with any of my cash buyers .

I believe in MO there is 1 yr redemption period but there are 4 yrs that an interested party can challenge the legal process, meaning that they can not challenge the title itself but they can challenge the County for the foreclosing procedure (example, missing a proper notice etc.)

Designing waste coral in tight space.

Because we knew what legal forms our court used, and I had already downloaded them on our computer, we were able to quickly serve the 3 day notices. 

I have not moved forward with any legal action at this point.