I pretty much always do $25 - $50/year increases to help keep the home at market rents (rents range from 1100-1600), but it's not so much at a time that it either incites them to move or causes too much stress on the tenant.

Get in touch with a realtor and have them help you start looking for viable properties within your price and location range. 

There are deals on the MLS, but you've got to look hard to find them and know what you're doing.You haven't given a price range you're looking in, so the $100-150/month return doesn't really mean anything.

Too many generations have passed and we are loosing that self sufficiency that made this country great.Another thing to consider is that politicians in both parties are in the pockets of big money and Wall street.

There are three common ways, one is to do it strictly on an hourly bases, another is lump sum (usually based on their in-house calculations on who needs to work on it and how many hours they think it will take to complete) and lastly they could do it as a percentage of construction cost (usually in the 5-10% range, could be more).  

Hey JosephGreat job pulling median rent for both 4/2 and 3/1 to see what the range of rental prices are in the area.  

The IRS has stated that a time period of "two years is sufficient".

Here is my two cents from what you've provided; In general, your ranges for rehab, acquisition and ARV are way too broad- this could either be a great deal or a terrible deal, depending on where you landed within those ranges.

Applying for a primary residence HELOC on a duplex, in the range of $110-150k to perform some renovations and use for down payment on new duplex purchase.

Once in a rare while someone will say a number that is actually below the range of what I was prepared to offer.I will evaluate every lead as a flip, BRRRR or an assignment to give myself options.