Curious about Multifamily Acquisitions

[Collin Stewart]

For those who've successfully acquired small multifamily properties (duplexes, triplexes, quads), what strategies worked best for you? Did you go the traditional route with conventional financing, leverage seller financing, use creative deal structures like subject-to, or something else entirely?

Im especially military and PCSing to Columbia SC. I am willing to use rest of my VA entitlement but interested in approaches that minimize upfront capital requirements while still making deals work. Would love to hear from folks who've been through the process—what worked, what didn't, and what you'd do differently next time.

[Jaycee Greene]

Quote from @Collin Stewart:

For those who've successfully acquired small multifamily properties (duplexes, triplexes, quads), what strategies worked best for you? Did you go the traditional route with conventional financing, leverage seller financing, use creative deal structures like subject-to, or something else entirely?

Im especially military and PCSing to Columbia SC. I am willing to use rest of my VA entitlement but interested in approaches that minimize upfront capital requirements while still making deals work. Would love to hear from folks who've been through the processâ€"what worked, what didn't, and what you'd do differently next time.

Hey @Collin Stewart, welcome to the BP Forum! With your military membership, I would suggest you use a VA loan and house hack in a 2-4 MF property.