Buy another SFH or House Hack?

[Josiah Kay]

Hello All, Veteran BP Podcast listener and newbie to the forums. I understand that this topic has probably been discussed any number of times in the forums, but I haven't been able to find anything that satisfies my need for a data driven decision maker. Here's my situation: I recently purchased my first rental (a SFH). I am trying to decide whether to continue buying SFH or look to buy a MFH so I can house hack. I lean towards the SFH due to the tenants that they attract, which tend to lead to less headaches, lower maintenance costs, and a lower vacancy rate (or so my logic leads me). However, I am also attracted to the lower MFH CAPEX. One roof over four units beats four roofs. Here's my question: I have yet to find data that can be used to decide, with reasonable confidence, whether the lower CAPEX of a MFH offsets the potentially higher vacancy and maintenance costs as compared to a SFH. Does anyone have data on their portfolio that could be used to analyze this? Any help or further guidance would be much appreciated. Thanks, Josiah