Single Family Home Vs. Multi Family

[Ryan Dao]

Now I know there are many factors such as location and stuff like that but let's consider the external factors to not affect this. Also I do realize that everyone is different, but from your experience, would you say, a SFH or Duplex is a better investment?

I would like to add my own input and see if what I believe is correct:

It seems to me that there's no reason to spend $100,000 on a single unit property when you can invest that $100,000 on a property with two units which you can 

I've been reading around a lot and noticed that duplexes seem to have an edge over a SFH, but there are still a lot of people who prefer SFH, so another question that I have why would one buy a SFH over a Duplex? Is it because SFHs is cheaper? Or are they easier to find? Or is it easier to manage?

People say SFH are a good way to get started in investing but I actually think the opposite. If you only have one SFH, then if you can't rent it out, you start losing money on it.