I plan to buy a duplex soon to begin my real estate journey.

YES replace the furnace, 1800ish, ASSUMING is about 1k- 1500 sq ft house  How does one buy a furnace for 1800?

hi @Kisaki Nicole Kaopua Is this bank owned (REO) or are you buying directly from the homeowner? 

If it is true, how can I buy a property through an LLC?

We are buying STR/Vacation Rental homes as fast as they come on the market and killing it on our returns. 

Has anyone gone through the process buying a pre-foreclosure property in CT?

Each has it's group of followers and you need to decide which way you learn best along with whether your goal is to become knowledgeable alone or to become knowledgeable and to actually buy properties.

Situation:I am currently looking into buying a home that is 4,500 sq ft, but requires the entire house be renovated.

Definitely want to speak to a tax professional and an attorney on this one as I believe you are correct in that you would be buying the current depreciation schedule so your basis will be much lower from the outset.

Throw an LLC together with a few people with $1m each, and buy it, San Francisco isn't short of folks who got lucky with this or that IPO and have the money, most of those tech companies have an unofficial employee-maintained slack/discord channel where they talk about real estate stuff.