Too large to be a normal convention loan, but not big enough to be tasty for an investor that wants some size.

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: I completely understand and I'm sure my fingers are a lot fatter than mine ;-) If you only borrowed $155k, I assume you did a conventional bank or credit union DSCR loan, is that right? 

If you can beat the ROI you're getting on the SFR, then do it.Otherwise, why can't you buy a 2-4 unit with a 3% down FHA loan?

Higher interest rates on conventional loans may result, as the government backing currently helps keep rates low.

Financing Strategies – I’d like to put 15%–20% down—what’s the best way to secure a loan with manageable terms?

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Ideally was thinking a duplex, triplex, or quadplex to get started and use an FHA loan but I also have a private lender that can possibly help with up to $200k worth of a down payment.

VA loans are the only loans that allow this, and there is no rate penalty for it no longer being your primary home.With that in mind, you could do a cash out refinance today at a higher rate than current market rates which will create profit on the loan, we can take that profit to pay for your closing costs.

Knowing with the FHA loan might go that route but wondering what other people would do.

Buy a 4-plex with an FHA loan.