Not much 4 units come on the market that is turn key.  

You can also substratc major inprovements like an addition etc minus the depreciation already taken. 

Additionally, I’ve secured seller financing for half of the purchase price, but I’ve been told this could complicate things further since banks typically prefer being in the first lien position.

We're doing a very large, all custom one... garage tear down + rebuild with addition & ADU.Total build is ~2,200 sq ft with half that being the ADU (above the garage/addition).

We have been long term owners for many years and have recently decided to make the move to medium term on 1/2 of our duplex to test the market.

I suspect the jobs market and economic data is going to come to light after the election which will show the economy is not as good as we thought and potentially provide a little more relief on interest rates.

They're in every market. 

Purchase price: $127,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Off market deal from a relationship when tenet left aesthetically rehabbed the house and is now cash flowing rental.

Then you can use content tools and SEO tools from carrot to extend your website into new markets. 

I was thinking about an strategy of doing Cash Out Refinicing putting that money in the stock market (distributed in ETF and some "safer" stocks) to get around a 6% anual return (estimating that low because is the "standard" average, however my current stock portafolio has a cummulative return of 66% in the last 4 years).