Well that is way cheaper than mine - of course when you work small it doesn't always scale. $8000 including crane. 

The easy way to scale it is one or two months as a security deposit.

@Alexander Felice Out of curiosity what are those big problems you see by scaling using BRRRR?

Not my cup of tea, but Boston has a lot of great things going for it that in the long run I think you could make it work.If by multi-family though you mean a 5+ building that you're presumably going to look for in the Midwest or South...it's in its own bubble as a disturbingly large number of people who made bank in the last 10 years of the up market are shifting their focus to a larger scale asset and are purchasing these distressed properties which is driving cap rates down because people need a place just to park their cash. 

@Shane Gaboury I would personally stay away from any condo investment because the economies of scale (only 1 - 3 doors), the special assessments that you have no control over and this is a speculation play.

Maybe rinse/repeat the process until I’m where I need to be, establishing and scaling systems as needed.

My focus would mostly be focused on people who want out of there current situation and are possible looking to scale down to a more affordable option.

Purchased his first house hack and slowly scaled.

I strongly believe that carefully vetted commercial MF syndication is a good investment vehicle due to many many reasons (professionally managed, more passive, economy of scale due to large units, spread of risk due to multiple partners, and all the goods of Commercial MF like forced appreciation through value add, not only to mention all the tax benefits)...

Additionally, I will need a tax preparer that understands the federal rules as well as the Ohio, Columbus, and California rules that apply to me as a very small-scale rental property owner.