Quote from @Nicholas Coulter:
@Candace Buckstead it depends on your situation! With your position I would do a 5% down single family house and live in one room and rent out the others. I would also make sure you find a property with5 bd and at least 2 ba to do this strategy to make sure you are keeping living expenses super low to allow you do save and do another property the next year. I would say live in the mater so you have a private bath. After 2 of those then you can move into multi family! Let me know if you have any other questions!
Hey Nicholas! Thanks for replying! This totally makes sense and is probably what I would end up doing, but my partner and I are going through some health challenges that require us to have our own private unit for now, so we can't go the SFH route. What would you suggest in that case is the best way to still build up quickly? Combined we will be making decent money, over 100k a year, so we can save up for larger down payments if need be, especially right now while both our living costs are super low!