My usual approach is to find 3/1 or 3/2 single family houses in a good school district, but my budget will be rather low for this move since my family is staying in OH and we'll be running two households. 

@David Krulac  so when you use that math the average household have 3.4 people in it or a little more ERGO more houses than peeps... including LeBron who clearly skews the numbers

I am the head of a single-income household of 4, and after accidentally discovering BiggerPockets and Robert Kiyosaki, I've decided to move my family into my in-law's place (from Garfield to Bergenfield) in order to stop paying rent and begin saving serious cash for investing in the near future.I would like to start off with a duplex/triplex/fourplex as primary residence while collecting decent cashflow.

I also think the price have a lot of room to appreciate due to the relative affordability of housing relative to household income in Charlotte.  

Demand for multifamily housing is forecast to remain high, as Millennial household formation continues and Boomers seek to downsize and re-enter the rental market.

Which isn't bad at all considering the median household income is roughly 54k. 

Job growth, population growth, low unemployment, good schools, diversified employment, household income growth, all of those are available to you from free sources they will tell you where the good spots are. 

This means that pet owners are spending roughly $1,379 on their pets per household annually.

-How many members are in your household?

Ross Ellington , if the sum of your mortgage interest, any points, and property taxes exceed $6,300 for single filer or $12,600 married filing joint or $9,300 for head of household THEN you would elect to itemize your deductions and lower your taxable income by the sum of interest, points and tax.