The dying Denver duplex - why your qualified buyer can't buy a duplex

Denver County is a unique county with respect to duplexes, because they are very willing to let you split them and sell as attached homes fairly easily. Because of that, I have a ton of trouble finding duplexes in decent hoods under 300K for the investor who wants to live in one and rent the other (many times an FHA buyer). They don't want to buy the run down cash flow duplexes along Colfax or MLK for $140,000 to $150,000 - they want one in a relatively nice hood.

Does anyone share the same problem and is there strategies for these buyer's (who are often a little slower to pull the trigger) to obtain a duplex in Denver county?

To search for duplexes you can go to: www.findmyhomedenver.com and see if you can find any duplexes in that price range now.