Thank you for your insight and for sharing your practice.

This post is to share the info of another county and some of my experiences. 

I can put down 25% considering this will be a secondary home.Reason for considering SFH - No prior RE experience, Tenant Class, Newer construction - no existing problems,newer townhomes are priced starting at 420k$'s ( higher HOA and still has a shared wall) Looking at 4000$ max as monthly expense( mortgage+insurance+HOA+ Property Tax ).I say expense , assuming the residence is not occupied immediately (Vacancy) .

There are tons of people on here that have great advice, knowledge and wisdom to share. 

Hi everyonethis is my first post on BiggerPockets after listening to some podcast episodes.I am based in Italy and will invest in Italy, hence I'm searching for a source of info and listings for available homes here.I am evaluating various options to pursue in the not-so-far future and all the websites that list multi-unit properties seem to be focused on the US market (loopnet, homes.com, crexi, realtor.com just to name few random ones that I found via google).The usual real estate portals in italy (immobiliare.it, casa.it, idealista.it) have no option for multi family and what can be found is often just related to multi-story properties intended as one single large property with multiple floors.Can you suggest how to approach this kind of search?

Ready to learn and share experiences!

Thanks, in advance, for any insight you can share. 

Con is that you have inspections every few years (at least over here) so you have to be proactive with your tenants and stay on them so you aren't reactive when the inspector goes out there and finds that your tenant has turned your unit into a dump.Here in Virginia if the tenant doesn't pay their share then you do not get the state provided portion so section 8 is not a guarantee of rent.

Use the sqr ft to prorate and report shared expenses.

I'm always a data guy and happy to share any data or learnings I have that can help show what's working right now in this market to get leads online.