The pros of multi family for me are lower cost per unit, multiple income streams, scaleability, reduced maintenance cost per unit. 

Our experience in doing this has been when we rehab a little better than what everyone else is doing, we get a little higher sale price and we think the time on market is getting reduced.

We work to reduce and manage the risk, not eliminate risk.

I also am looking to downsize and reduce my tax burden from where I am now.There are some strange things that I have seen and I was hoping that this forum would be able to answer my questions.I have been watching a house auction that has been delayed many times.  

Only use engineers/architects/brokers etc. who have actual experience with single family lot development, you don't want to waste time/energy/money where others learn how to do it on your dime, you want them to tell you how it's done.

This was reduced to $240k (through TD Bank). 

- Up-front cost difference- Energy (heating) costs- Comfort- Resale value impact- Anything else that's relevantWhen I say crawl space, I mean a non-ventilated, moisture-protected (vapor barrier, waterproof spray, and sand/gravel), heated space, NOT the dirt-covered, ventilated space of old.Thanks!

@Brady Speers,Congratulations on the project - lots of energy and excitement!

@Jay Hinrichs    They have absolutely reduced them for primary residences. 

pick your date market crash' at some point in the future, and presume the rate is 7% at that time....And let's say for arguments sake, that I'm prepared to trade my home in for a million dollar home today, with that lovely 4% rate........In the future, my buying power is reduced by that substantial raise in rate, so much so, that in order to buy that same home it would have to depreciate by 200k PLUS whatever appreciation that home receives prior to the 'pick your date market crash.'