If that could be re-thought and made a prime buying strategy - that had benefits for the seller as well (tax break/credits, etc)....?

A bit on my self I have 3 singles in Dallas Forth-Worth area & 1 single Tampa area I sold 2 flips in Austin, TXIn DFW, I’m doing section 8 , I am getting properties with hard money loan , remodel them, and then re fi them for 30 years , I put around 45-65K for each property I have 4 properties total that cash flowing $300, $500, $1000 (section 8) , $250 per month after all taxes, expenses , insurances , mortgages .. 

Taxes are fairly high so that should be taken into consideration.

Do you pay the local taxes on my property?

Obviously, we need to maximize our tax effectiveness in the situation and the monthly is going to be huge, especially if we can’t get the rents to cover the mortgage.

There are a lot of older homes in the city, and higher taxes in the suburbs make cash flow challenging. 

it's crazy to tie up a million cash to build a duplex. you can leverage that and build so much more units. ohio is one of the cheapest markets in the country to build and I'd pass on this deal if it's a million which I'm assuming it is of cash, with that amount of money you could be the majority partner in a 50+ unit deal with non recourse debt on a HUD 221d4 loan and have more than 50% equity. super low risk, urban core, non suburban deal in Columbus Ohio.

You pay employers tax, wc rates, and deduct employee tax, etc.

Happy to help.The OP cannot use the buyers money to pay off HIS debt.

If so, who has a better debt to income ratio to consider?