A mechanics lien also has a very short life cycle in most instances as many are filed but never make it to finish line.Title insurance is the best way to avoid title theft which you may hear about on the news but it is not this rampant thing going around.

The plans that are coming out are promising.

I am not even going to ask you whether you were listed as additional insured under the contractors insurance policy.

A cash out could very well be 50% to 70%, (or they may not do cash outs) depending on the lender so you'll need to ask and shop  around.Each property must be appraised and title insurance obtained on each, so you're not saving much in loan costs except they may close as one transaction, filing fees will be applied to  each property as well.

My plan is to fully rent out the house I have and house hack the next property while still investing in real estate through other avenues.

I've read quite a bit about the Raleigh Durham area RE market blowing up because of all the corporations that continue plans to move/grow there; the eye catching announcement a while ago being Apple with their 10 year plan of adding a few hundred more employees each year.

He actually just recently bought another duplex in the area that he said he plans to house hack for about a year too.

I plan to do the BRRRR method (They are in their early 50's so they have about 15 years or so before we would want to sell or I buy them out of their properties for retirement) .Thank you in advance for any advice! 

PS Only T-Bills and FDIC Insured bank accounts are riskless.

After repairs I plan to move out possibly owner financing another home and renting out current home.