I wound up putting an offer on a house in Indianapolis after communicating with several knowledgable people including a great realtor and other investors.

That would be a good way of creating future opportunity and strength over a HELOC.It really depends how much equity you have and how much you want to use.

It looks like a less labor intensive way to increase cash flow over the STR route but also includes structural changes to a single family home (additional setup costs) and dealing with low income tenants.  

Standard requirements for such investments typically include good credit, relevant experience, and a 20% down payment.

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Quote from @Kathy Benavidez: Rule #1: always know the law better than your tenant.Every state in America allows the landlord to enter, including California.

And there are unicorn properties in every market, if you tune your vision to them or create the unicorn deals.

Every investor, my self included, wishes we would have bought sooner than we did when we fist invested.If the numbers on the duplex work NOW, given today's prices and current interest rates, then you are good to go! 

we were only 10 days over schedule (we allocated just under 2 months) which is remarkable considering the various issues we encountered and the size of this rehab (we removed 4 walls (including a load baring), added 1 wall, added new bathroom, redid kitchen and existing bathroom layout, (new locations on shower, toilet, and vanity) removed a door, added 2 windows, new flooring throughout, and added an eyebrow porch.  

Includes a detached 4-car garage, handicap accessibility, security intercoms, a new 2019 roof, energy-efficient windows, and a suppression system land to develop.