This either sounds like a seller looking to "retire" and liquidate his holdings or a Section 8 owner that hasn't kept the property (or rents) up to market levels.So, based on the numbers you're using, what return (IRR, Equity Multiple, or ConC) are you estimating you'll generate over your expected holding period?

Other times you make multiple mistakes and your investment goes up anyway. 

To continue with the 8-unit example, you again end up spending many multiples of these costs to build a comparable portfolio of single family properties.Another disadvantage of single family properties is that there is only one tenant per building and if they stop paying or if there is a vacancy, the entire cost of that property is on you and your wallet until you can fill that vacancy and get the rent coming in again.

There are multiple billion dollar companies dumping money into the city, such as Intel, Google, Honda, and Amazon.

Don't forget to run your numbers multiple ways.

So when I get multiple bids and one is significantly lower, I don't think of them as a deal.

Given this was our first time purchasing an investment property, working with a partner on a cash deal, and understanding how to get FSBO deal completed, we had to learn a ton and ran into multiple challenges.

How well can you manage multiple roommates?

Buying with an LLC is a great way to safeguard yourself and your property, highly recommended, however, if you’re purchasing through an LLC that was not formed specifically for the purposes of acquiring your investment property, ensure you own more than 50% as LLCs can get complicated with multiple equal shareholders.

If so, self-managing properties might not be the best use of your time - In any case, I'd encourage you to talk to multiple local property management companies, keep the above in mind, and understand how they approach management.In my experience, property management isn’t just about finding the right tenant or collecting rent—especially in a tenant-friendly state like Rhode Island.