5 unit vs bigger multi family properties

[Prashant Sharma]

Hello BP community,

I'm looking to enter the commercial multi family property market before the interest rates go out of hands. 

Being new to commercial (5+ unit), I wanted to get your advice based on your experience in this space. Is buying a 5 unit (to test the waters, get a feel of a commercial deal, understand how it works etc.) a bad deals in terms of exit strategy? Being just 1 unit over the traditional financing criteria of 4 unit, am I limiting my pool of potential buyers for when I do decide to sell/exit the investment? Since most experienced players in this space would want to do bigger deals as far as I understand, is it a bad idea to do a 5 unit deal?

Thanks!