And that can cost you time and money.

This can often be cost-prohibitive. 

Once application is finished you can run credit, background and eviction report for $15 your cost, or charge tenant I think it's $35.

@Iris Olivas Most local banks/credit unions can do this deal with lower fees and potentially rates than brokers.

Also in SATX, looking to buy first and potentially second property this year. 

With the current mortgage rate constraints affecting how many buyers are willing to enter the market we are seeing a lot of borrowers have success with the BRRRR strategy with plans to sell in the next 3-5 years when interest rates go down.Researching potential LTR and STR rental amounts and seeing if holding for a few years is a viable option is a good analysis to do well. 

Is there an easy way to divide the basement up? Each side of the duplex has access to the basement but below everything is connected together and I want to make sure no side has access to each other. The way I can ima...

While it will not reduce the actual cost it will help with the monthly cash flow.I am curious if this was a single-family house converted into a double.

Can you give more details on your numbers, purchase prices, rehab costs, time to complete rehab, ARV, monthly rent?

Most likely trying to find a sucker to buy this and take over the costly legal battle they are entailed in.So next time someone is like "yeah just get a deed in lieu at closing", think twice about that.Actually, I use the deed in lieu.