You also have higher expenses with STR and MTR, you have all the utilities, furnishings, and consumables to account for as well.Combining strategies with house hacking makes it easier to get to cash flow.

I suppose it could be more of a semantic thing, but seasoned RE investors understand it isn't all about the unit #'s, especially when it comes to section 8.50 is the target based on average cashflow.

@Jimmy Rojas A family member who failed to file taxes for many years reached out to the IRS and they assisted by providing his total reported annual income for over 7 years to make it easier for him to file back taxes (he couldn’t find his paperwork for most of it).

If you have the seller willing to finance at a low interest rate, you may find it easier to attract an equity partner since the property is already structured to generate solid cash flow.

It's like posting dynamic collateral that doesn't actually reduce the loan balance, not exactly a great deal.When the fed raises rates, they are directly targeting actors like this.

You can couple that news with the news out of China today that they have decided to cut their interest rate, lower Bank Reserves, (banks can lend more money) and make it easier for people to buy houses and they are also actively pumping money into their stock market which is to say we were going to have the massive inflation going forward.

Wouldn't it be easier?

Instead of focusing on "persistence," don't you think you need to focus on targeting the right people?

With a 4-plex, losing one tenant is only a 25% loss of income versus a 50% loss in a duplex.That said, a duplex might be easier to manage, especially if you're new to investing or will be away for long stretches of time.

I know thats easier said than done, you just need change up your process on how you buy.