Effectivness is important as well, don't want to waste your time making the wrong moves.

.- Duplex with both sides rented at $625 each ($1250 total monthly income), seems about market rents for the area- Asking $120,000- Annual taxes are $2400- Been on the market since November- Repairs appear to be minimal, still need inspection (rentable, but not updated)What other information am I missing?

I’ve skiptraced at least 50-100 so far and kind of don’t just want to keep wasting money.

Otherwise, my opinion about Opens is that they are a waste of time and money except for mining new buyer leads, or talking to the neighbors in the immediate area, whom are mostly just curious, but who may also become good leads down the road for your agent.Assuming you have done a great rehab, are you maximizing exposure by using professional photos, 3D tour and floor plans? 

Maybe its class of units, but i would always err on the side of believing tenant and helping them (esp if they paid rent) - i mean even if they never paid you for the 2 days of utilities - that is a very minimal amountTenants will treat you as you treat them.

To start, I'm  looking for turn-key duplexes (minimal renovation/fixes are okay) for a buy & hold strategy in the price range of $150-200k. 

However, since it is a bungalow, the space I could work with is minimal and the cost is high.

It is waste and no way efficient for the materials you can buy.

If you are a long term Buy & Hold Investor, there is now reason not to lock in (Artificially Suppressed Interest Rates/FED) current rates and minimize issues down the road (3.

You’ll keep yourself from wasting six months trying to scrape the money together yourself.