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. 

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

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.

If it is cluttered buyers will have a harder time visioning themselves living there. 

Book recommendation #1: Hands Off Investor by @Brian Burke https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/the-hands-off-inves...Book recommendation #2: Lend to Live https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/lend-to-livePodcast Recommendation: PassivePockets podcast is focused on passive investing in syndications - https://passivepockets.com/podcast/Passive investing summit: PassivePockets Summit May 2-3rd in Columbus https://get.biggerpockets.com/passivepocketsevent/I make these recommendations specifically since you mentioned passive real estate investing, and syndications or hard money lending are really the two most passive ways to invest in real estate. 

All the videos I’ve watched and the books I’ve read have helped me expand my mindset and approach.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

We are currently living just south of Boston and are looking to purchase a 2-4 unit property in which we would live in one of the units.