Yes and yes.FYI -- I have a 3-video course called the “WHOLESALE ACCELERATOR” (with sample contracts) that I give to colleagues for free (pure training, no sales pitch).

The school information is purely anecdotal from friends who live in the area and from a friend who is an administrator in the district.  

Just rent it for a year (pure profit) as rent to own taking a one time option fee, with sale price in the option agreement set to:  determinied at the time of closing by an appraisal.  

Buying the property you are going to live in is very different than purchasing purely as an investment.

@Ryan Turian, best I can tell duplexes are very difficult to make work as pure investment properties for 3 main reasons:There are only 2 units over which to spread the fixed cost (costs the same to mow the lawn at a duplex as it does a 4-plex)Duplexes are the most desirable to owner-occupiers (non-investors) so they tend to go for higher per-unit prices, but that doesn't necessarily translate into higher rents.Zoning laws mean duplexes are more likely to be in more desirable neighborhoods, increasing sales price and making them less likely to cashflow.For the analysis I've done, duplexes just don't make sense as a pure investment unless you get a smoking deal on the purchase price.I think focusing on 3 or 4-plexes, combined with BRRRR is a better way to go.With regards to your questions about CapEx, etc.: Yes, analyze the deal just like you weren't going to live there and see how the numbers work.

Yes, from a purely return figure stand point, that logic works. 

The issues are purely sagging floor, cracking joists like you mentioned.

Originally posted by @Daniel Walker:@Brent Coombs this would be a third house, not the primary one we live in.Yeah Daniel I know (But Alex W. has hijacked your thread a bit, so I was responding to him only).Alex:- Yes, your primary will ALWAYS be personal choice rather than pure investment.

I'm open to input this all purely opinion and what I see in the market.

I guess I could look at pure ROI.