Conventional financing will be very tough to get in 30 days.

With banks you have to get tough with them.

... not to mention that we don't know the width of the house.To the original poster - removing a load wall is a nontrivial operation with potentially great risk to yourself, your workers, and the occupant of the house.

@Raquel Pea it is tough for anyone to say what you should or shouldn't do but from the way you are describing your situation it sounds like you are getting a degree in economics with the goal of owning real estate.  

I know its going to be tough, and a lot of learning to get my business going.

@Wesley Wong Seattle is a tough market to cash flow but like you I'm also keeping my eyes open for duplexes.

The holidays are a tough time it seems.Didn't have any real issues in RR with the remodel.  

Most leads are from your own doing or what you can get from your office (floor time).It's a tough biz, especially part time, but it can be done. 

It's tough to find a lender that will finance 100% of the deal (or even close to that).

Labor always tends to get higher the closer you go out to Boston so saying what is fair to do any work is tough as location plays a factor in addition to the scope of work.