You may also find a house hack works for this if you're living there.

Then it likely takes hiring a GC to manage the project.  

If in the future they try to buy a house, the lender may require it to be paid but that's a long shot. 

We had to evict one and the second didn't pay rent for a year.I switched over to GK Houses which is now Evernest and compared to Zeker, the experience has been quite positive so far.

I will let you know I've been house hacking in new jersey for over decade. 

Purchase price: $355,000 3 unit house hack with 2 separate buildings. 3 Bedroom/2 bath, 2 bedroom/2 bath, 1 bed/1 bath.

I was accumulating Condos and not town houses in San Diego.  

You can make house hacking work anywhere, really.

Even though interest rates are high, we have a big Mircron plant coming here as part of the CHIPS act so that could boost housing demand in the coming years.I don't know the SYR market, but I did a quick search for duplexes somewhat outside of the city, and found this: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7300-Lakes....

The fact I can go to my kid's golf game today, yet still catch a vendor overcharging me $81 the day before on a SFR in Georgia makes me feel the systems that are in place, plus the ability to manage sacrifices has paid off.I've had the same team in most of businesses for almost 8 years, and have a growing RE team that continue to impress me.