The rental demand in the area has been consistent, and duplexes offer the flexibility of house hacking or scaling into multi-family investing over time.With your experience in construction and remodeling, you’re already ahead of the game—fix-and-flips or BRRRR projects in Kansas City could be a perfect fit for you. 

I am considering in investing in Single-Family/Multi-Family mid-term and long-term rentals.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) other investment in Martins Ferry.

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

Vitaliy provided some great points about the pros and cons of single family verse multi-unit investing.

Does anyone have experience exchanging their small multi family property into a single family home, use it as an investment property then move into it as a primary residence after meeting the requirements?

Hence why WB said index fund, sure if ya got a few hundred mill - billion+ yeah, could you imagine trying to sort out deploying a billion dollars into real estate, yikes, what a headache. 

If it’s a multi, you have to live in it 5 years to fully exempt the units.

I am conflicted on whether to use the 500K on one big property (ideally multi-unit) or buy several smaller properties.

Dwelling, Multi-Family - A building containing three (3) or more dwelling units.