Our ideal scenario would be to buy a new house as our primary, live there, rehab, and then start renting it in a year.

It seems like if there are not a large inventory of duplexes then this could be an ideal market for home buyers, who will likely pay more of a premium for their first house (I know I did!).

. ;) Actually I'll just feel better about the whole thing if I have everything in place before I throw thousands of dollars at a marketing campaign.I would like to get some recommendations on a title company in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire (Merrimack county, ideally).

It's not ideal but it can help someone out of a bad situation.

Ideally if you have a good architect and contractor on board early in the process and you ask them the questions and they are part of the team, they will help guide you through this.

Then after I did that, I needed to sort the letters carefully to ensure the correct letter matched the right envelope.

True, i do not want to meddle in my current low 3.5% 30yr fixed mortgage as its ideal, real low monthly payments.

My partner (okay, i'm bias b/c he's my husband) knows all the constructions, building, woodworking, the fixing up logistical stuff, and I'm the finance  and design.. you will be 100x happier and more successful if you find a partner that's a ying/yang... a partner and a mentor to match your strategy!  

Ideally, we would want to start working with someone pretty soon as we also need to identify property quickly, get pre-qualified with a lender and hopefully, close on a property in the next 2 months or so.I'm assuming we want to have our partnership details established before doing all that.All suggestions and advice welcome for this newbie!

I deal with foreign investments everyday.