They were the college roommate of a good friend of mine

Have the kids all left for college and the home is too big for you?

This is primarily due to the slow and cumbersome permit process and high permit fees.

One tip for finding contractors is the look at recent deals that were just flipped and go to the twp and figure out the contractor who pulled the permits. 

@Kian Faramarzi Knowing what I know now if I had not been on the trajectory I was on when I was 21, which was that I owned a Bed and Breakfast, so was essentially house hacking altogether a little unconventionally, I would tell my college graduated self to buy a 4-unit on an FHA loan and house hack and save up and rinse and repeat and today I’d have a small real estate empire.

Don't try to drive yet, you don't have your learner's permit.  

Im rehabbing both upstairs and downstairs and planning on house hacking (living upstairs and renting the downstairs)How many of you apply for permits from the city to have it permitted as a Duplex and not a single family?

Purchase price: $50,000 Cash invested: $120,000 Sale price: $180,000 purchased 9000sqft lot, build a 3beds 2 baths 1632 sqft house, completed house with certificate of occupancy in 3 months from date of permit approval.

Does the $200,000 include all building costs, holding costs, permit fees, structural/architect fees, and all other fees?

Originally I wanted to become an Olympic Hurdler then Astronautical Engineer but before all that college i was going to go into the Airforce.