Same thing with any investor you get in bed with.With time you can work some equity into those rentals and when interest rates come down you will be in a better spot to sell a couple SFHs.   

This is for a 3 bed 1.5-2 bath house around 1500sqft.Im in Philly area

She was comparing it more to a bed and breakfast, hard to finance.

Quote from @Jed Butikofer: Quote from @Jonathan Greene:If you aren't house hacking, multifamily deals should be profitable (maybe not in CA).When I review markets I have lived in, I see 2 bed duplexes for $500k-$700k while only generating $1,400 each in monthly rent.

It's 3 bed 2 full bath and 1,300 sqft.

Stealing stuff out of an Airbnb is similar to unloading the TV, bed and mini fridge from the Marriot.

But the rents don't justify it, for example we are renting a 3 bed 2 bath house with a huge backyard in rancho Cordova for 2350/mo, so duplex rents around here are 1800-2200 ballpark.

If you're focused on medical travel folks, smaller 1 or 2 bed properties work fine.

It’s better to have less rooms and to have them large enough to comfortably fit a queen bed.

But you do have the room sharing.. in Cupertino were you have a huge Asian population I know folks that will put two computer kids in each room for 4 bed house 8 techies and each paying 1k to 1500 a month.. can just about make it work since the houses are 2 mil.