Quote from @Anthony Maffei: I purchased a two-family property in 2017 and now have around $500K in positive equity.

Quote from @Luis Cerwin: I have a single family house in Detroit (I'm out of state) for past few years.

@Kris TohovitisI wouldn't recommend using your cash to pay off the mortgage on your primary residence since you can likely get a better return on that money by investing it.What's your buying criteria for the multi-family property?

Quote from @Teslim Salami: Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) other investment.

Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Investing in a single-family home in LA and expecting a good cash-on-cash return will be very difficult. 

However, there are still plenty of tax benefits when it comes the income you generate from your multi-family property that you can deduct from. 

I'm only looking at duplex's or single family at the moment.

I’m 30 years old, 10 month old son, juggling taking care of the family, property of 21 acres, an old farm house, work, and real estate.

You want to talk to friends and family on this, I don't know anyone who would see this on the Internet and be like, yeah, this sounds like exactly what I am looking to do with my money.