Don't know if we just saw the better areas when we were exploring, but was pretty impressed.

My ultimate goal is to buy and hold rental units and continue to increase my portfolio over time resulting in an impressive real estate empire i can pass down to my children.

If ONE unit is vacant and both units are equal in rooms/bathroom composition, then the new owner will need to move into the vacant unit and then the owner can either evict to take the occupied property completely off the rental market (5 years off the rental market), evict to take back the occupied unit for personal use like moving in immediate family (2  years off the rental market), or they can evict given the tenant is a nuisance or conducting illegal activity (this is a harder method to evict since you have to provide evidence and have a case but if they're selling drugs and you have video footage or something, then make your moves) and there are a few other reasons for at-fault evictions. 

I was pretty impressed with this, having struggled a bit on my first flip.  

I have heard many times that Rocket City is great, so far I'm very impressed.

I have been under the impression that when looking for an MF deal, one looks for an average or below average building in a neighborhood.

I think that some people would look at that and find it impressive, while others would find me pathetic.

That's why I like to always leave "failed deals" with a good impression (no rough bridge-burning negotiations) and let them know that if they change their mind here's my card. 

They were impressed with how much research and consideration I put into everything and decided it would be a good idea if we partnered together.

If you are using this as a house hack and to get your feet wet in REI in CA, I am not super impressed with any of the numbers.