Hey @Michael Orlando, you'll have plenty of options to do a live in flip.

Quality and craftsmenship are never a game or optional.

There are multiple options and strategies you can deploy in the area.

I think if I was just starting out, I would avoid the expensive courses (I never did one but am thoroughly not impressed with folks who tell me about their experiences) and find someone who could do some 1-1 training and orientation to set me in the right direction and make order out of the abundance of options and strategies.

Considering your equity and cash reserves, exploring alternative financing options like traditional mortgages or partnerships might provide a more balanced approach to acquiring your investment property while mitigating risk.

This gives you single family home options and building out the second unit. 

That is an option to consider if your goal is to be entirely passive :)

If you leave it up to them to figure out, they are probably never going too.Another strategy could be to Lease the entire portfolio with an Option to purchase for cash (or terms ) after they pass away.

Not every lender will do new construction loans and even fewer will do the "one-time-close" option.  

We review a multitude of data sources to provide a real-time view into a real estate marketWhile a data-driven approach is useful to narrow down all the options, having boots on the ground (i.e. agent or contractor) is always important for due diligence