Most PMs don't deal in LOs so they wouldn't be able to help there either.If you're not in a rush then your best bet is to monitor kijiji and call/text/email every For Sale by Owner ad with a house that matches your criteria and ask if they would consider doing a rent to own.

Do you have an extra bedroom you can rent out?

If you are adding central air that has to be figured into your price. 

That added risk means they'll pay less.Pursuing tenants who have vacated is usually break even at best. 

An appraiser is obviously going to inspect the house and our concern is that we then would not be able to finance as a duplex, not to mention the added property taxes.Listening to Brandon Turner's The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No and Low Money Down, we thought maybe this property would be a perfect candidate for seller financing?

I am about to start a new rehab project and was thinking about adding some sort of security system in it to monitor who is coming in and out of the house and overall security.

I have pondered such efforts too and the work, and added headaches, takes these 'passive' investments to really active in reality.

Washer and dryer inclusion may get you an extra $25-$50 a month, but you'd have to check what your competitors are offering as many apartments offer in-home and/or on-site laundry.You can also consider LED lighting, pet rent, storage rental as other ways to add value and increase rental income.

Good luck, hope I gave you a different perspective and actually added some value and depth to your situation.Bruce

I don't think the market compensates you enough for "newness" vs. the extra cost and complexity of building.There was a good article on Bloomberg about this last year that's worth reading to get a sense of the bigger economic forces/trends involved in this, America Needs Small Apartment Buildings.