A single family could ultimately be a lower price point for you but depending on how much money you have available to spend on the purchase and any repairs/maintenance, either one could work.Have you found any SF or duplexes that catch your eye or know how much money you have to spend?

Of course, it was due to extenuating circumstances which neither you nor the lender had control of.

Be prepared to spend a ton of dough.Personally I think that it is unnecessary.

A GC makes money based on what you spend. 

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You can then set it up to where they email you when a house comes on the market that meets your criteria (let's say a multifamily house in a specific zip code that has been sitting for 90+ days) so that you aren't spending a lot of time looking through listings that aren't going to get you anywhere.

My Name is Miles, currently living in Arlington (DFW Area), I've always had intentions of at some point getting into real estate, now at 40, and finally at a place financially that it is feasible, I'm planning on spending the next 6-8 months learning all I can (and then rest of my life continuing learning lol) before taking the FIRST plunge.

I am a rookie investor hoping to purchase my first property within the next 90 days.Kwanza Hi Kwanza,The first thing you'll need to decide is whether or not you want checkbook control of your self directed IRA. 

Plus with it being a townhouse, you don't have certain controls like the HOA and special assessments.

However a couple larger items that should have been discussed: the pipes would freeze every winter (we've since found a fix), no water shutoff exists in each unit, the well pump has to be turned off and cut water to all 18 units, no pest control was ever done on the property, there was a unit that would take on exceptional water during rain due to improper prep and installation of a new concrete slab.