To quote a famous thinker: “It just doesn’t matter.”In regards to tree branches over the property line she can and should cut them herself.

If you are building from scratch, see if you can buy a corner lot to build a duplex that has one driveway/garage on one street and the other on the other street-they look more like a large single family home until you go around the corner. 

Your Lender My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on FIND AN AGENT & FIND A LENDER.

I found it on auction.com and I just bid on it How did you add value to the deal?

Rent is due on the first, late on the second.2.

Hi Ian,You'd probably looking at "light-doc" financing that are currently at 8's to 9's on average at the moment.

I have looked at sites like Realtor.com, Redfin, and Zillow but it doesn't provide OR doesn't give a pinpoint sale price on properties.

Any recommendations for institutions that can extend a line of credit backed by a whole life policy?  

I don't know your criteria for a good deal, but if you're strictly looking on market for a quad in Raleigh you likely won't find one in the near future that meets what you're looking for.

While they are very nice and I believe good people, I have had a few deals fall through after months of hard work on them because they do not fight for the deal in my opinion.