Then look for rental separately.The reason I say this that if you sell your principal residence you owe uncle Sam $0 in capital gains takes on a gain of $250K per person or $500K if you are married. 

@Adam Rogers  Find yourself a realtor.

Recently, my uncle (who owns a few condos near his businesses that he rents to employees) called me up and said he's willing to go 50/50 on an investment property with me.

@Tre Tyler @David Rogers is correct in that not many small multi-family are being built in Chandler/Gilbert.

@Peter Philando@David Rogers

@Amy Raye Rogers thanks! 

I can talk in terms of conventional financing.It honestly doesn't really matter where you start, as long as you do both within the same calendar year OR you suck up and pay more taxes to uncle Sam.

So my uncle band aunt has some property in north Nashville in a commercial area.

Look up Amy Rogers for your real estate agent.

There are also many online sites that provide crime statistics, if that's your primary concern.It's hard for me to mentally map the zoo/botanical garden in Roger Williams Park to neighborhoods outside the Park, but generally speaking the parts of Cranston that border Providence, around the Park (e.g., Elmwood and part of Broad St especially around/past the cemetery), are a bit tougher than ones that don't (e.g., near Park View middle school or parts closer to Edgewood than Providence).As far as self managing vs. using a property management company, I don't really know your situation - e.g., how far away you are, how much time you have to devote to the property, managing service calls, going there if necessary, ability to do your own work, etc.So that's something you'll really need to decide for yourself - though I would say as a new person, you should expect that you'll be there a bit more than you "imagine" you will be (at least that was my experience when I was new 15+ yrs ago).If you do decide to hire it out, I can recommend a couple of local companies.