There is no obligation to stay in the evening/weekends, but if she stays, it helps in the occasional emergencies. 4.

As an owner of 6 STR properties I will occasionally test it out and put in one of my addresses in Airdna, and they are never correct.

If you are looking for something more suburban, Milford is a nice town that has a few multis come on the market occasionally.

Chicago multifamily is mostly trading in the 5-6.5 cap range with the occasional "7 cap" when there is a TON of deferred maintenance.

I know nothing about section 8 outside the occasional things I read on BP.

*kids should be able to go to the same school near the single family house since we still own and occupy part time/occasionally. 

I ended up going with a STR for the first one because the cash flow was that much better.It made it a better deal for us because we can still use it occasionally when we travel to the area but still make plenty of money to cash flow more than that of buying a triplex or a quadplex.In the end it really comes down to what are your goals for the first property.

Occasionally, a recording misspells the borrower name, so if searching by name only, the recording is missed, though certainly still valid. 

Sure there are occasional success stories, but they are 1 in a million....just my .02

We get an occasional duplex or quadplex, they are normally good deals.