Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Keep in mind these still aren’t huge numbers by historical standards.Single-family home stats for November.

A single family home with multiple ADUs cannot  be financed using Fannie, Freddie, FHA, VA, or USDA.

These areas offer much more affordable properties, which means they can get into the game with a lower initial investment while still tapping into growing local economies and strong rental demand.I always suggest starting small, maybe with a single-family home or a 2-4 unit property, and hiring a property manager to take care of the day-to-day.

I have three single family rentals for three years and I now have my first horror story.

Quote from @Brendan M Hornung: I reside in Southern California and started my investment journey in March of last year by purchasing a sub-to single-family home in AL.

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We appreciate you giving us the opportunity to review your property.Best regards,"I replied back asking for more specifics, wondering if it is the Milwaukee market, the Wisconsin market, the multi-family market, or the property itself, and I got crickets....At the very least, I should get better customer service explaining why.

You can quickly see why looking at this graph - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/buying-vs-renting-house-in-...You can see how in 2015 the average mortgage was cheaper than the average rent, so it was easier to make the math work with light value add and just buying single family homes.

Strategy 2: buy a single-family house with at least 4 bd, live in one room, rent out the rest of rooms as a mid-term rental on Airbnb / long-term rental.