My thought is I buy a multi-fam (off market preferably) and house hack for 2 years then move south.

Hi there,
I have some newbie questions for everyone. I currently own a four-unit property in Los Angeles County. I'm living in one of the units and renting out the others. I purchased the property in 2022 with my VA ...

They used to be the best, but now so many seem to outsource the process and maybe both the originating CU and the people they actually farm the loan out to try to make some bucks off it.  

Single family properties can add one and multi-family properties may be able to add more. 

Judging by my own buyer base, I have roughly two dozen investors seeking Oregon STR, multi family and small balance apartment complexes and commercial investment properties.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Faubush.

there is a ton to being a GP syndicator raising 3 to 5 mil 50k at a time.. you now have 100 partners and the amount of oversight  customer care and Risk in my mind has to be considered compared to what you do now which is build sell and make nice bucks without being beholding to anyone but your construction lender. ??

I want my next purchase to be a 4-unit multi family property.

Multis, SFs, Condos and short term. 

Exactly what Erik said. 1 to 4 units is residential (sfh, duplex, triplex, quadplex). 5 and above is considered multi family.