Try asking yourself these questions:Do you value more privacy and a traditional home feel (single-family), or are you comfortable with potentially closer proximity to tenants (duplex)?

Since the property is there, I can only do investor loans in AL, but from a consumer standpoint you can do Conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA as a renovation loan where you take the cost of the property plus the cost of the renovations as your purchase price up to the value of an "As-Repaired" appraisal.

I owe $600k on a $672k value STR (house hack 1 yr owned).

@Gregory HerbertTruly market dependentSome sellers will List a home below market value with offers due by a date to spur excitement The whole fear of missing out which is absolutely true in the real world and in life.

The basis of depreciation for Property B will be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of the property on the date it was placed in service OR the cost of the property (plus any additions and improvements -- not repairs, but substantial improvements, such as additions or renovations).

Happy to discuss MTR with you in the Orlando market or see if I could add value in any way. 

Certain cities seems to lean to one or the other so we go with what the local norm is when we are trying to add value/appeal to local buyers or tenants.

So that leaves rookie agents who want to work with investors, but they have little value to bring to an investor. 

All the locals complain that everyone is moving here from CA and driving up property values. 

Knowledge is power   I can think of a few things that would be really useful for predicting an areas home values or rent in the future.