Most of the true business learning for SFHs has been "on the job training for me", so I feel that I have a good skill set in that realm.Switching to MFH just seems to me to be a bit of a "whole new ball of wax", and the rules change a bit. 

What ball park construction cost should we be thinking about?

Hire an attorney that knows what they're doing and get the ball rolling immediately.

My partner and I were currently in the process of obtaining a residential mortgage to buy a duplex, but my lender threw a curve ball at us, and told us that he wouldnt be able to count the rental income towards our overall income, which resulted in our DTI being too high.

If you go more units it’s a commercial loan and a whole different ball game based on the financials of the property.

Thanks & I’m not exactly risking the farm here so if you’re going to say “wait around and cash flow it” ... yeah I get it But I’d like to get the ball rolling on having multiple tenants.

Here’s what I did with recent one it had a lot of odd ball stuff like you’re talking about wrong with it.

As my industry is currently shut down, I decided now was the time to really get serious in getting the ball rolling.I have been listening to the BP podcast and BP Rookie podcast as much as possible (probably about 25 episodes so far), attending the weekly BP webinars, and am reading up a storm.

That would leave us with around $70k liquid cash.We rent an apartment month-to-month until we find a good duplex to purchase (ideally within 1 year).We house-hack the duplex until we accumulate enough cash to buy a SFH for ourselves (3-5 years).We retain ownership of the duplex and rent out both units.In my mind, this approach could "get the ball rolling", considering we can't afford to buy an investment property with our current circumstances, nor would we be able to for many years.What would you do if you were in the same boat?

@Aaron Gordy my crystal ball says the East Side, you can thank me later