@Jay Sechowicz If you get a HM loan to rehab a house, the refinance, it is a perfect strategy.

If you are willing to pay for a service BP offers the new "BP insights" which I have found works pretty well.It may not be a perfect assessment but it will usually be close to the fair market rents for your area.If you have any other questions don't hesitate to reach out.

I don't know them at all, never heard of them, but that really doesn't mean anything.Looks like they are a UK company also involved with crypto.If you are in the US, I think I would look elsewhere.Might look at a review on webparanoid.com Just reading a couple of articles earlier tonight about some pretty big crypto scams. 

On one hand it makes perfect sense to diversify (to some extent) by buying in different markets.

It needs about $15K to make it move-in-ready.Since we could resell for breakeven or a small profit, this would work perfectly as a place to live for 6-9 months while our house is being built.

@Jon Moore  Your answer makes perfect sense!

MB is perfectly good.   

Make sure the underlying surface is perfectly smooth.

Perfect, because now is the time to consider renting out both sides of the duplex while you begin to investigate your new single family home.How does this phase work?

In your imaginary perfect world what is the best case scenario ?