I am looking to purchase a multi-family investment property that brings me positive income. My budget is around $400-430K with 25% down & I have excellent credit. I am open to all neighborhoods (NYC/NJ/LI) as long...

I own over a dozen properties in Curtis Bay and Brooklyn.

By virtue of its geography, Chicago developed more like Brooklyn than Manhattan.

I feel like tons of the people I meet have moved in the last 10 (tones in the last 5) years mostly from Brooklyn (Park Slope being the top one in my informal survey) and places like Williamsburg, LIC, Hobboken and Manhattan.

At the end of the day if there is positive cashflow it doesn’t matter if it’s Allentown or Brooklyn.

I have been doing "House Hacking (HH)" for 2 decades in Brooklyn, NY and now own several Multi-Family properties here.In my first "HH" Investment property, I also could not buy the property because I was not qualified nor did I have enough capital for the Investment.I then made it aware to my friends and family what I was trying to do.

I have a house in Brooklyn.

Quote from @Brooklyn McCarty: If it would work that would be great.  

Dick's Bar & Grill in Osseo (right next to Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove).

I live in Queens NY and originally wanted to invest in this area or Brooklyn but the more I analyze, the more i find that this is a tough area to find the positive cash flow deals (Average $500K+ homes with $2-3K Total Rent Income) .