Whither Multi-Family Pigs?

[James Free]

@Brandon Turner posted this classic years ago: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/0...

Ben Leybovich counters with this: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/03/0...

It seems to me that these two contradict each other. Brandon is estimating similar capex on his five-plex to what Ben estimates for a SFR.

It would be great to get a "four-years-later" update from Brandon on this property's status, but I'm also curious whether others here think that Brandon's feat can be replicated - and actually pan out the way his article forecasts, or is Ben's cold water the final word?