Will a good concrete company have access to the necessary equipment to grade and dig to prep the site or is it customary to have to rent that equipment for the concrete work to be done?

How to increase the rent for this property with the section 8, and is that affect the tenant's portion of rent he is paying?

I used to define markets by state but now we do by zip codes and strategy. there's 440 zips in ohio, 7 of which we do business in which are downtown columbus and that is the urban core and urban core adacjent. rents are higher, property values are higher, developer and density friendly, low risk land or infill land, plus fastest appreciation in the market.

We currently live in one unit of the duplex and rent out the other.

I am curious about how he comes up with the number. . . . the formula goes NWROI = (cash flow & rent savings + loan paydown + appreciation)/ Initial Investment So, if you have a low initial investment - it looks good on paper.

I’m being asked to provide 12 months of cancelled checks in addition to a lease to prove that I’m renting.

I'll check on the rent, it would likely be medium term as it's near a hospital and several schools for students/traveling nurses etc.

We currently rent an apt that my parents own outright.

"for rent by owner", investors)-search for non-homestead properties in your county and send postcards to those owners that own homes that meet the criteria you want to focus on-network with real estate attorneys -network with trustees in banks that offer trustee services-look up court records of landlords who have filed their own evictions and send them postcards -network with HOAs that have non-homestead properties in that association -when you see a "for rent by owner" sign in your area, send the owner a letter -join Facebook groups (for rent by owner, landlords) and being to contribute -improve your SEO on your website-find someone who can help you gather landlord info from Zillow, etc. to name a few :) 

You can use an FHA loan to live in one unit and rent the others for up to 4 total.