If they are all equally qualified (areas covered, knowledge about investing, etc) I'd tell them all that I'd decide with a series of coin flips and I'd tell them that you're doing that to avoid damaging the relationship that you value so much.It's a hard situation, but if you're upfront with everybody, you should minimize the chances of hurting your friends.  

However in my current living situation I don’t believe either of those would be a good option to start with.

It's been amazing and has allowed me to live a life that I've always dreamed of.What's your current rent/living situation?

I have a triplex in Fishtown that had a similar situation.

Given my current situation, probably the higher price tag may not be worth it. 

Had you worded it as more of a "moral" situation I think people wouldn't have gotten so defensive.

That is my belief as the way to handle the situation.

The duplexes had tenants already in them and i know its a high risk to buy a tenat occupy property because of the kind of tenants that they can be, my plan is to get rid of the tenants from the back unit and keep the ones in the front, lucky me the front tenants are very nice and clean people oh and they have yet to make a late payment so thats that. but the rear tenants are the people that need to move out their contract expires on September, so my question is how do i make sure they leave on time or what if they cant find another place to move into, do i give them a separate month to month contract with a higher rate, or what is your guys advice on how to handle this situation?

There are quite a few posts from other users here on BP about situations like that. 

What would be some options for us in this situation as well?