Note: you can get commercial financing for 1-4 unit properties.When you talk to your local planning and zoning department, 2 or more units are considered multi-family.Since this discussion was about zoning, not financing it is more correct to refer to a duplex as multi-family.In my area (the area of the original poster) a conforming duplex would be zoned as multi-family with duplex as permitted use, and could be financed as residential real estate.Hopefully that clears it up.It's sort of like a tomato.

If you need assistance with purchasing homes in Kentucky once you have everything sorted out, let me know.

Meaning people don't want to move out of their home either, so the supply is also lower.Do your homework on what sort of house you need, what area, etc. and buy what works for you.

They carry insurance for EXACTLY this sort of thing where their mistakes cost their clients.

According to some of my insurance contacts, we could see a 20% to 100% increase in premiums in the worst-case scenario.If you need further assistance or connections, feel free to reach out.

A lot of investors I speak to on a daily basis say they're waiting for some sort of correction or the election.

Many times they will claim it's wonderful and then try to hide their worst deals by only showing completed deals.

Most cases don't go to trial, they settle, but you need to know the worst case scenario to determine if it's worth it to pursue.

Watch out for those pesky annual inspections, though- they'll get you just because they feel like it, after letting the last owner slide for some twenty years.Syracuse is a sort of happy medium between the two. 

My preference is garden style.What sort of business plan are you looking at?