Starting with a small multifamily property is a fantastic idea—it gives you a chance to live in one unit while renting out the others, which can help offset your mortgage and build equity faster.

I plan on living in one side and renting the other side out. 

Perhaps I have an odd case but I paid $1.35M or $455 / sq ft for a 3,000 sq ft duplex on a 7,000 sq ft lot in Los Feliz.Once I add the ADU complex, which will be around $350K, it will be a quadplex, 4,600 sq ft of living space. 

Even if buying a property Subto in GA and you live in FL, you could miss something and the whole deal does a "crash and burn".

I used to live in the lower mainland but invested where the numbers work like Vancouver Island or Northern BC.

Usually living in it for a few years may be enough for it to cash flow positive when you move out.  

Built in 1905, this property features a total of 2,832 square feet of living space, divided into two units.

I went owner occupied either conventional or FHA.  3-5% down at the time you only had to live there 1 year and then you can move out or move on. 

Right now I'm living in Baltimore, still working 9-5 W-2.

Their view is that an arcade game is cool for 10 minutes, but a PS5 is something that they would enjoy for their entire stay.