Some markets may have lower thresholds. 

I prefer solid long-term tenants, as turnovers are a pain, especially if you’re self-managing, so worth the slightly lower amount to me.

Remember you are acting as a principal in the transaction and assigning your right as a buyer to a new buyer. 6) If I can get an investor wanting to purchase asap, how do I have them pay the EMD?

That is our REI buffer and isn't discussed enough IMO.I did well with lower priced singles, but this was when prices were lower up to 2018 ish and I bought with seller-financing or cash. 

He's transactional, but I'm sure someone else in his firm can help you out.

The problem has gotten so bad that our state just passed a law that they must obtain a real estate license if they do more than one transaction in a year, which hopefully also opens them up to more scrutiny to disclose to seller their real intention.

-A higher pitch roof has a higher cost and should be considered if your duplex will be infill into an area where there are other homes with the roof pitch, but failing that we have not found that it has a real impact on appraisal (we are in an area of lower pitched homes however so take this with a grain of salt depending on your market) and a lower pitch roof means lower maintenance and capex costs.

Even in lower-end rentals, this strategy has worked well and even the middle-of-the night calls have only happened on rare occasion.

I would highly recommend this be held by a title company if you are to proceed with another assignment transaction to better protect yourself. 

Higher upfront costs should lead to lower claims losses.