You could always get the extended warranty and still save money over the 3k model.

Never built in Houston before so take my feedback with a grain of salt but I'd put money on it being impossible to build a duplex from scratch for $125 a foot (including everything from drawings, engineering, permit fees, general conditions, labor, material, landscaping).Out here in AZ the builder cost is going to be $200 a foot at best, but add 20% on top of that for the client cost.

By using the BRRRR strategy, you only need to put down money once.

And you spend all that money on updating it will be for not.

Hey Bugger Pockets Community,I just finished reading Brandon Turner's book on investing with little to no money down (amazing book btw) and I am interested in knowing what are people's experience with MLO's and seller financing.

It's not fool proof but I've weeded out a lot of people this way without spending money for marketing. 

No, they don't want us to lose money, they just want to make sure we make no money!

I spent a lot of time and money to learn how to structure seller financing deals.

You'll get calls from all kinds of people who think they may have some money coming. 

Lenders want to see two years of stable income before they loan money to you.