Getting started multi-family vs single family

[Janeea Wright]

I am in the education phase of real estate investing and hoping to get started soon. My original plan was to house-hack a duplex/triplex, live there for a couple years and either repeat or purchase a single family home. I am not seeing many multi-family homes in my area of interest. My brief research concluded that trying to convert a single family home into a duplex may not be cost effective. What’s the best way to invest in single family homes if I have to go that route?