Is this a Federal guidline or is this Specific to the lender I am trying to use.

But you specifically asked about a duplex versus two parcels - so keep these in mind.Good luck!

For the lease you could state that it is month to month and specify the rents in a clause listing the increases specifically by month. state rent as follows  $x in jan, $x in feb...and   $x dollars a month thereafter.  

I would suggest stay small and dominate the niche instead of trying to trade up to larger units. 

I have yet to make my first purchase and plan to do several more months of analyzing properties and finding my "niche" property type.  

This question may be more specific to my market of Washington DC but maybe you can still help.I recently attended a REIA where a rehabber presented his latest flip and the entire process.

All the online sites are so misleading, since they pull their comps from recent sales but never ever consider the features and amenities of any specific property.

Dan Pezzano Continue to dive into the knowledge base here, but I'd caution you to hone in on a specific niche, to avoid working on 5 different strategies at once.

If they did the bank would not accept a big loss on the note but would want the owners to make them whole instead.So doing specific performance etc. can be a waste of time with a short seller.

Hey all,I'm driving down from San Francisco this weekend to continue checking out the Central Valley market, most specifically Merced.