I totally get where you’re coming from—I moved from LA to Columbus two years ago for the same reason.

Just to confirm on the duplex, you're getting a total of $2,600 per month in rent, is that correct?

I would venture maybe $20k total, conservatively. 

@Alex Hall  Wow, it is almost fun to watch these posts go totally away from trying to help you into all kinds of different rabbit holes!

Assuming property taxes + insurance added don't go above $1,100 total, you could maybe make this work. 

Hre are the key things to knowWhat you are bidding on - often oddball properties that are hard to identify and have little value are auctioned offThe true as is value of the property, The tax assessment can be way higher or way lower than the true as is valueThe local laws and how they affet your total costs and returns

I can't post the link here, you can dm me or search online. 

With some more math, you’ll see that the extra amount in dollars is not that much compared to the total amount of interest paid.

To meet this requirement, you must spend at least 750 hours per year actively participating in real estate activities, such as property management, development, or acquisitions, and these activities must constitute more than half of your total working hours for the year.

While with Jeff for 11 months, we have received a total of 2 very small owner distributions with the first one going into someone else's account.