After gradutation for college i am looking to get right into the real estate world focusing on investing and flipping.Currently i am wondering if it is smarter to buy a duplex as my first home and rent the second part of the home (leaving me rent free) or to buy a single and start saving to buy my first flipper?

I had to evict the prior owner because they would not leave.

once they leave, and shut off utilities....

You could do the "cash for keys" deal -- meaning pay them to leave.

I went to a 4 year college and even my advisor told me to leave, go to a community and come back to finish final semester.

From the $5050 NOI, that leaves $178 a month in cash flow.

Take it with a grain of salt - I haven't done any deals yet... but I saw no one responded to you yet and I didn't want to leave you hanging in the wind :)

Our business pays the property and bills, in which leaves an adequate amount of my salary to investments/business opportunities.

My question is: is it legal to charge me 2 months additional rent if the unit is re-rented within 2 weeks of me leaving?

Well, you left that house alone for 2 weeks after I moved out and I know there were people just going through it because of the neighborhood. i even warned you not to leave that house alone.