I would also look into getting a portfolio lender, or a smaller bank who will hold it on their balance sheet.

Obviously both have slightly different tax consequences, affect your balance sheet differently with regard to net worth, and many more implications.

Both difficult. 

Otherwise generally made your life difficult during their tenancy? 

Hello Esteban,Finding a duplex in this crazy market is not as difficult as it may seem.

I'm trying to find the balance of learning as much as I can - primarily through reading, researching and listening to the BP podcasts - and just getting started, knowing that I'll learn a ton as I go.

@Raymond Hill My understanding is that management is the difficult part of owning student rentals.

I have a similar strategy for stock trading, but it's extremely expensive and difficult to make a software for the scale that ill be using it for.

He's asking me to pay 50% up front and the balance when the job is finished.

I don’t think it’s going to be difficult to get rid of the current builder.There is equity here...