California has one of the most aggressive and broad tax policies in the nation in this area. 

A bigger worry, in your case, would be where you're going to live; duplexes tend to be in worse neighborhoods (although honestly there aren't any REALLY bad neighborhoods here), so it depends on your tolerance for shenanigans around your family.

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It ultimately is going to come down to what your risk tolerance is and how much time you have to put in the work required.

Not zero dollars I will just reach out to someone who better understands

When having a tenant list my LLC as an additional insured on his renter's insurance policy is it acceptable to have a P.O.

My neighborhood in Boston was designated as a test neighborhood for passive-house/zero-energy designs a few years ago.

I can only talk specifically about Texas and speculate about CT, but there isn't much of an issue that I'm aware of in getting a policy issued on tax deed properties in Texas. 

Fun trick to pay any 30 year mortgage off in 20 years (for the folks that want to be debt free sooner) that should have a minimal-to-zero impact on your ability to deploy capital elsewhere (for the folks concerned about opportunity cost).