House hacking a 4-plex: Lessons learned, experiences

[Andrey Y.]

Greetings, everyone. I wanted to get your take and experience on househacking a triplex or fourplex. Were you single/married? Any privacy or safety issues? Any awkwardness being the "big bad landlord"? Tenants may perhaps also see your nicer cars in the driveway, I feel like that may generate a lot of animosity. The market I will be moving to, I think this would be the only investing I would consider there, otherwise I would just rent and deploy capital elsewhere. Also, not sure I would like to do this for more than one year, so maybe just buying with a VA / FHA etc. and renting out all 4 units might be a better strategy. Just thinking out loud. Would love to hear your thoughts.