Buy a duplex or single family?

[Shelly Shanks]

Hello,

My husband and I recently decided to sell our house and buy a duplex to house hack. We are having a very difficult time finding a duplex that is in decent condition, in a good area, for the right price. We have a realtor that has been working like crazy getting our house ready to sell and showing us properties to buy. We don't know what to do. What if we can't find a place and our house sells? Should we just buy a single family home? We wanted to move anyway to get into a better school district for our kids. We originally weren't planning to do that for a few years until our kids were school age, but maybe we should now to take advantage of the high real estate prices now? We are really confused and conflicted. Any advice is appreciated.