You are the man ...

I plan on house hacking, have no kids and im a single man just trying to achieve financial freedom.

Hey Ben, love the story man and congrats on founding a successful software company!

My property managers are all incorporated so its my understanding that no 1099 misc needs to be issued by me to them for their monthly retained fee, they in turn do issue 1099s to all unincorporated independent contractors that perform work on my properties.So even though I do claim 199A QBI benefits for all my Rental Real Estate activities (as they satisfy the 162 trade or business standard), I assume there is still no requirement that I file a 1099 Misc as I make no payments to unincorporated independent contractors?

@Joseph Parker Man the Midwest sure is tempting!

But hey trial by fire works for some people so do what you see fit.Goodluck man!

@John Joyce Good luck man!

assuming full basement and 1800 sf above ground on each side... it takes a pro framing crew of 4 guys, 3-4 weeks to frame the house... which translates into one pro framing the house in 12-16 weeks... not sure what 60% you're planning on doing yourself, but building a house/duplex = 1000s of man hours. 

I"m an investor in Newark myself and like to help new investors. 

Just last week a Chinese business man scooped up a $26 million dollar property in SF.