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How to tell if a mult-family is a pig.
@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 capital expenses on his five-plex to what Ben estimates for a single-family.
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?