I'm thinking it's better to do 25% DP on a smaller place than 10% DP on a bigger one so my options are apartment or small townhome.

Haven't seen your posts for a while.I grew up in a mixed-use property where my dad had his store, and there's a small apartment behind the 2 stores, an 8 room apartment upstairs, plus 4 garages.

Depending on how often you are there or if you are out of town 90 percent of the time, you may be able to do a short-term rental with your unit and rent the rest long-term so you are still getting income from your apartment while not being there. 

That's because the Fed only has 8 times it can change rates on any given year (apart from the extraordinarily rare "emergency cut").

I'm interested in buying a condo or apartment Athens Greece.  

They appeal to students looking for a more private and homely living situation.Multi-Family Properties: Duplexes, triplexes, and small apartment buildings can offer higher rental income and spread the risk across multiple tenants.

Are you also, by chance, looking at the AirBNB Friendly apartment section?

While we knew that all hard money lenders are not created equal, and some could be good….we knew from our own experience that using hard money could cause a deal to fall apart by making the process less seamless than we needed it to be.What ensued was a month-long nightmare that tested our patience and threatened to derail everything we had worked for.The lender moved at a snail’s pace, bogging us down with endless requests for additional walkthroughs, appraisals, and paperwork.

A Short Term Rental is a Part Time Job.  

It looks like you are buying buildings within an apartment complex.