Hi there,Considering a duplex as your primary home and renting out the other unit is a great idea, but you need to understand how interest rates work in this scenario.When you buy a duplex and plan to live in one unit, you can still qualify for a residential mortgage, which typically has better interest rates compared to commercial loans.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

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You should put this in the classifieds section. 

This is Arizona law: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01343.htmGive them at least two days notice.

The upstairs tenant is amazing so I would like to leave them upstairs for as long as they want.

Covers the building, $1M/$2M commercial general liability and loss of income.It does not have some of the bells and whistles that an STR specialty policy like Proper has, like coverage for liquor and off-premise liability. 

Has anyone done something like this?

This is a different breed of investor.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!