The duplex isn't the end goal, but a step closer to my 3rd and final red hotel in my overall monopoly game. 

Hello,So I am finally doing this.

Make sure your attorney is on board with everything, of course.It would only be a "bad investment" if the final Purchase Price plus repairs puts you above what you could reasonably expect from appreciation in your 10 year window of ownership.My $0.02 ...

I've been reading and listening to BP for now and am finally ready to step into my passion.

If you have not looked into those options before, they may be able to give you some perspective when making your final decision.

Just for the hell of it, I had a call with opendoor.com just to see if these numbers are even accurate and have a preliminary offer of $430k on my house.. waiting on the final offer.I guess my question here is.. is selling a house in a new development area like this advisable? 

At this point, it's been 3 months since all approvals were finalized (although its been 11 months since general construction was approved), but we are only 75% complete.

I read it all and listened to all the podcasts and ran numbers on all the houses until, finally, I felt like I could sort of have a conversation with someone and seem like I knew something.And keep asking questions here!

Finally, map out your expectations for future rent increases, and work to reconcile your expectations with theirs over the long term. 

that they'll give you the final step-up after improving and holding for 10 years.