In this instance you could be a co gp and also get a great education from an experienced operator

Lenders can correct me if I'm wrong but you can have a co-signer on a single family FHA loan but not multifamily.

It is a CO Trust too.

I would like to own this property in my own name and I would rather not have a co-applicant because they are already giving me so much help from selling the house at the tax-assessed value so the state can stay out of this.

These can be found all over the place.Now, if you are really referring to a duplex, then it might have been converted to condo or it might be a co-op; you'd probably be better off avoiding these.Now, I have to admit that there are duplexes with two side-by-side buildings, with both units on the same deed (been through at least one like this myself), but when this type of property goes for sale, you buy both sides since they are on the same deed.The legal description (found on the deed at the county courthouse) and zoning should clarify what the property in question really is.Terminology can be confusing.

@Rachel Riccobono @Mauricio A. and @Christian Beyer We meet every Third Thursday at 6:30 at a co-working space in downtown Allentown.

Tony Chen - I chose to househack a 2-Family in Bayridge Brooklyn instead of a co-op because it gave me more flexibility to manage as I desired without having to seek approvals from a co-op board.

@Brandon NguyenHave you looked to having a co-signer for the loan? 

.- A boyfriend of a co-worker I knew when I worked in TX sat with me and discussed RE over drinks a few times when they heard I had an interest in RE investing.

After that it was a snowball effect and I dove in head first.Currently I own 44 Units (14 with a partner 50/50 and 30 I own solely)Most of the units I have put 20% down and gotten conventional loans had a co-signer on my first 50,000 loan and after that I found a bank willing to approve me.