Owner Occupant Needing Unit Vacant

[Danielle J.]

I am currently looking to buy my first multifamily unit and having a hard time finding sellers willing to make a unit available for me to owner occupy. I am currently looking for a triplex or quad and most of the properties I am interested in are fully occupied. When my real estate agent contacts the listing agent they usually say that the seller is not willing to vacate a unit for me to occupy, which is creating huge barrier in my owner occupy strategy of starting out in real estate. I initially did not think that it would be a challenge to get sellers to work with me on this, but maybe I'm asking them to do too much... idk.

I am interested in suggestions for motivating a seller to render a unit vacant upon closing. Has anyone else faced a similar challenge? I need solutions :)