Stick to fundamental buy-and-hold real estate...noting glamorous or fancy...If you have safe, clean, and appropriately priced units...focus on C-class value add, and maybe consider working with the local housing authority to accept housing choice vouchers, you will have long-term occupancy, debt paydown, and equity build for life.Investing is relative, and I doubt your main motivation to invest in RE is to contribute to the list of "25 fastest growing cities in the US"Best of luck

Spend a lot of time getting to know the neighborhoods in your market of choice. 

You don't have to seek an attorney's professional opinion, but they becomes an essential piece to your team moving forward the larger your portfolio gets.

Plus investors buy the duplexes that remain as duplexes and they often don't want to over pay.I would think that a large single family with an ADU would be worth more than either a single or duplex.BP fans seem to like the small multi-family because it can bring in a larger income than a single family and they think has less risk, less maintenance. 

We started a shared bank account and are on our way to setting up Wave as our book keeping software of choice.

I would suggest getting a recommendation for a cleaning person instead of a larger company. 

I think 3-4 days is the max I've had for vacancy that was the by choice so I could address a few things.

On a larger scale say 100 investors a week, with the intention of building a relationship based on the quality of work they have done.

We have been trying to learn everything we can but we certainly don't want to make uneducated and poor investment choices. 

I also always received multiple bids for larger projects.