The house that we would like to buy for $160k would not be an investment, but move in ready for our family - then I thought with the cash back I could invest in 2 or so SFH or Duplex rentals by putting 20% down for each.

Maybe a couple duplexes, buying your own home instead of renting, trying out Short term rentals.

Neil,A couple questions to clarify the situationDoes your Townhouse share a common wall with the other property? 

I have a rental property that I wish to sell and upgrade to a duplex. 

Similar to living in a duplex- living in one side but renting the other. 

I found one on the local craigslist that I could afford, and I'm thinking about buying it with the intention of renting it out, and using the profits from that to offset my own living situation (kinda like a duplex house hack but with 2 separate houses), or worse case scenario I could just live there and the lot rent plus utilities would be less than what I'm currently paying, and I could have roommates for extra income.

In fact, all IRA's are governed by such rules, but when your investments are within the very narrow box offered by a conventional Wall St. brokerage, you typically do not need to know most of the rules that apply once you take more control and invest more broadly.An IRA may be used as a down payment for a house the IRA intends to hold over the long term. 

My girlfriend and I came across a duplex built in 1959 to rent and we were wondering what investors typically set aside for future maintenance and capex on properties that are almost 60 years old.

Hello my names Jonathan in the Iowa area, well I found a nice duplex and it’s been vacant for 3 years now.

I'm going to start off with fix and flip on SF and then once I accumulate enough cash off of one or two flips, I will move over to buy and holds in SF, Duplex, and Triplex(Want the first one to be a Duplex).