Hi Beth,This sounds right up my alley.Would love to connect and see what the best solution would be for you.

If you jump into something before doing this - you're highly likely to get taken advantage of, or at best waste your time & money.Can't help with a coach:(Do recommend investing close to home if you can and then screen the heck out of PMCs with your expectations & goals to hire a good one.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Properties will be close by (30 mins) and currently do have the time to my knowledge of what it would take to self-manage.

Happy to connect and answer any other questions you may have!

So I calculated an example. 20% of 352K is $70400 but there's also closing costs.

Hi Lewis - let's connect.

We bought the house and the lot at the same closing together from the same source.

If it's been listed for over 100 days, everybody who has an Internet connection and invests in your market knows that property is for sale and nobody is interested in buying it at that price.

But my plan is to pay off what’s left to own it free and clear and do seller financing. my plan is to offer 15 or 30 years at a normal rate that someone could get from the bank at time of closing.

We close July 9 on the duplex, and looking to roll the 1031 exchange ...