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Savings accounts and treasury bonds are paying decent interest rates right now, so if OP needs a year to save up more he actually has options for the first time in years. 

As interest & insurance rates have risen, it makes it much harder to meet these types of checks.At the end of the day, people are more fearful than greedy so now is the time to be greedy. 

On weekends, late morning - late afternoon (11am-4pm) seems to get the best response rate for me.

I collected MTR comps and ran the numbers, and found that I might get an extra 15%-20% from a MTR, but I'm not sure if the vacancy rate I plugged in was reasonable (I'm in a mid-size city and my properties are close to Universities, hospitals, and other things that attract MTR tenants, so hopefully I'd have low vacancy...but I like to play it safe with my numbers, so I try to allow for a good bit of vacancy)... ...plus, all the comps I collected were just listings this month, and I don't know how much they're affected by seasonality, so my rent data might not be super accurate... ...maybe I'll give it a test run with one unit that's opening up in May, and see how it goes...

For a duplex, you won't need more than 5 gallons a minute flow rate.

@Luke RentzFirst I have never done this but have heard alot about it and have some questions as well.I have heard that for many banks they don't want to own property they want payments so for most of them if they are getting paid they are unlikely to cause a stink and may never even know a property has changed hands.I understand with rising interest rates they may try and find these to get rid of the lower interest rate loans?

By buying as primary it allows you to get a loan that is fixed for 30 yrs and it will have the least cost meaning rate.

In the current environment, with rates in flux, it's best to start thinking about a commercial re-fi sooner than later if the current note is coming due.

@James WiseI am going to borrow the money to pay my buyers agent from a crocodile lender, then ask the seller to sell it subject to and finance 100% the equity at 0% interest I will then take an advance on a credit card that is 0% and within 12 months I will be able to refinance everything when rates go back to 3%.