Quote from @Simone Montague-Jackson: You can house hack with up to four units.

Detached HousesWhen in doubt, consider the tried-and-true detached single-family house.

You’re still going to be personally sued when something goes wrong. 

There's no difference in a local flipping a house than flipping the small mixed-use building that is vacant in town into a couple commercial units and some apartments above. 

Intangible assets like goodwill or tangible personal property (e.g., equipment) are excluded from 1031 treatment and are taxed separately—goodwill is typically taxed as a capital gain, while equipment may be subject to depreciation recapture taxed as ordinary income.To minimize taxes on the sale of the business, consider strategies such as Opportunity Zone investments, which defer gains until 2026 if proceeds are reinvested in a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF), or structuring the sale as an installment agreement to spread taxable income over multiple years.

Two flats are essentially just houses.... they trade like houses and there is a lot of emotion involved.

My contractor brought me a house off the market.

I interact with first time house hackers / seasoned investors on a daily basis.

We're based in Tampa and, in addition to personally investing, I own a mortgage company that provides financing for tons of investors.

I have been looking for a house for my aunt.