but its only been in the past two or so years that posting and engaging here has really been done with intent and constancy. 

Quote from @Ryan Randall: I got lucky, and bought in 2020.

The only main difference to me in most cases are that you may have a little less vacancy risk in a 2-3-4 vs single family.Best wishes and good luck.

The property brings in steady rent with a potential cash flow of around $1,000/month.

Reading Vanessa Peters book “the busy professionals guide to passive real estate investing” and in it she has a chart showing initial investment of 100k, 8% preferred return, 20% cash on cash return including sale of property, and 5 year hold.Each year she shows $8k return (years 1-4) then a $168k return in year 5 including the return of equity.

I am in Pennsylvania!

My point in asking is how do I avoid this mistake in the first place going forward. 

So I ended up finding houses to buy near bases in the US, and settled on doing LTRs in Texas.  

I was hoping to see if anyone has any advice in regards to new construction with builders and what incentives have applied for investors in the past.

Quote from @Kyle Kulhanek: Hello, I've been living in a 3br/3ba unit in Lincoln Park for approximately 5 years, and I have been intending to lease it out.