Just spouting out here, but definitely get that clarified as you do not want to cross the line where a friend is planning on paying you commission from the sale as if you were an agent if you don't have your license. 

I ignore the price, step 1 is to get to the front of the line. 

I am also planning to likely do a flip to see how it goes as I have already built some relationships with local wholesalers and have a private lender or 2 lined up for once I land a good deal. 

I found a potential deal that consists of the following: two 2 bed 1 bath single family houses on the same lot, but they have different addresses and separate utility meters.

Some of his requests include asking to spray his exterior wood pile for spiders, replace a dryer knob, replace working doorbell, and increase flow of refrigerator water line.

Example:Duplex, listed recently for $249,000, 2 bed/2 bath/ 1 car garageThe property was in decent shape with 1 side already rented about $75 below market and one side vacant.

If would be helpful to have everything you believe to be tax deductibled lined out.Let's get down into the weeds....First,"The depreciation, if building is only 50 % - 151$/month, if 20% - 60$/month, with interest total 393-484$/month."

Bottom line, the real question is...

On posting our idea / problem we are looking to solve, I wanted to make sure I wasn't crossing the 'solicitation' or promotion line of the forums vs the marketplace. 

We had some ups and downs on the project but we pulled it through and finally made it to the finish line.