Welcome to the BP site. A few things: on the duplex/quad, do some digging into the area you want to invest. From what I have found, most of these are in the Norfolk/Portsmouth areas....but as others have highlighted in other post the area can really make a big difference on the quality of the property. Not sure if you have determined a strategy yet, but one idea to look at is "house hacking". It is when you live in one pet of a duplex, tri or quad and rent the others. There are a lot of post in regards to this...so just do a search. Finally, there are some local real estate clubs such as PREIA (Peninsula Real Estate Investors Association) that is a good resource. At least get on the email list. Also mark your key words to get forum post in the area you are interested in. Good luck!
