I have a burning desire to achieve my goals and know i can be successful in this business 

I'm wondering if the duplex use is now grandfathered which would go away if the building burned down.

Also, I am just burn out with dealing with tenants issues.

Starting out by yourself without any money and being young is very hard and you risk burning out after not getting any results, so teaming up with someone who is experienced will give you a huge leg up on others in your situation.  

A good starting point would be to look at who are the listing agents selling distressed, burned out, terrible looking, shells, foreclosures, tenant problem, etc. type properties and go meet them or talk to them on the phone and let them know your criteria.

I have a burning desire to run screaming from the corporate world, and a daily growing passion for investing in my own future and self worth.I want to focus on the buy-and-hold strategy in multifamily homes to gain simultaneous skills in management, business, and construction.

And, if you start worrying about unknowns this early in the game you will burn out fast! 

Here I had left a comfortable job at HP (Hewlett-Packard) to go into real estate to build assets - and several years later was no further along - other than good practical experience.I now have a burning desire to accomplish what I set out to do years ago.  

You could defiantly get burned and it would probably be advisable  to change up the process.

Yeah, I like to hold 'em and you like to turn 'em and burn 'em ...