It’s also crucial to have a clear exit strategy, whether that’s flipping, renting, or selling.

@Josh Early @Matt McMacken - I'm considering starting one at my new office location at 1555 state st. 

But I have been looking into splitting the duplex into two condos (yes I know it is a lot of work) and I could probably get 325-350k for each, netting me 650-700k.Number:* Mortgage interest 2.5%* Mortgage principle 240k* PITI $2100/month* Rent 2200/month (current tenant on a two year lease)* Potential rent on my side $2400/month * 100k HELOC at 11% (fixed) (not currently being used)* est additional cost to split the dueplex 75-100k (conservative, probably less)     *new siding 30k (just put on a new roof this year)     *legal 10-15k     *fire proofing 15k     * 15-40k for stuff I am not aware of or underestimated on* some of the appreciation is external from the home     *big grocery store put in 3min away     * newly paved road in front of my house     *a building that was falling down across the street has been torn down          * Still a vacant lot with the foundation exposed and fencing around it (so more local improvements are on the way)Part of me wants to take the money and run but man I love that 2.5% interest rate and the $2000/month cash flow (including taxes and capx)I have thought about 1031 exchanging into more rentals, but I would like to pivot into storage units.

I'm moving out of my house hack soon and planning to rent half the units out long term and rent the other half out mid term.

I live in CO and my mountain property has water under it but is about 50k to drill, since we plan to rent it we are putting forth the money but also doing a rainwater collection system for the garden (in CO we can only collect up to 110gal)

Prefer not to rent, but open to any other options you can offer. 

Is that a legit concern in Cape Coral (which is my preferred location over Lehigh Acres)?

The owner has been letting an undocumented family live there and try to fix it up at the cost of the family and charging them rent.

Since the same reporting period last year, asking rents have climbed by 0.8%, up from $41.89.

At first I wanted to purchase a duplex as my first investment and was willing to house hack and rent out the other unit.