We are one of the largest buyers of small to medium sized multi-family in Chicago.

Like when you tie up a house in a contract intending to wholesale it, and fail to find a buyer.Residential real estate at a small to medium scale ain't rocket science.  

Those are the 2 main mediums of seller financing here.What would make you want a property way up in WA @Yohannes Kifle?  

That will probably cause a flight to US assets in the short to medium term and a strengthening dollar. 

I then looked it up... this is a left over strip of land in an exisiting subdivision. there are 500 to 800 k houses on either side.. its in a very good area..however the lots are all 1 acre and better.. and this strip of land is 50 to 60 wide and 300 plus deep.. it will most likely not meet the width to depth requirements of the zoning for that area.. and it may be too small as well...

No need to use a full width board.

I'm currently looking at 2 bedroom units (apartments) and 3 bedroom semi-detached (duplex) and utilising the BRRRR strategy on something that has medium to minor repair requirements.

Rents are about $1200 for a two bedroomWith a mortgage I can pay on my own, even if I lose both tenants, so up to $2000 per month in total expensesI want to ideally find the ugly duck in a cluster of nicer complexes, so, a property that is livable, but where I can add value with some light of medium remodeling and beautification/upgrades.

I ask as I might build one as a lot I purchased isn't wide enough from a zoning perspective to be subdivided for two single family homes (it is 75 feet wide and zoning requires 50 feet width per lot).

I was able to accomplish what we did, because I was not capital restrained, and because I knew exactly who the prospective buyers would be and how many of them I could count on to buy a home in that redone community.As a general rule, our company never recommends anything narrower than a 16' wide, even in shorter configurations, unless it is a smaller multi section like Titan builds for lots that have width but not length.