City-Data and Census.gov are solid resources, and sites like Rentometer can give you a good sense of rental prices.After that, I narrow it down to neighborhoods with strong fundamentals—good schools, low crime, and convenient amenities.

Most of the stuff you can get at Home Depot or Lowes and get it the next day, so no delays once you decide on something. 

@Bonnie Low I was not including debt as I want to know how a cash buyer would look at the deal.

I’ve been a serial house hacker in the greater Boston area so happy to connect and share some lessons learned.Multifams inventories are quite low depending on your budget and location preferences.  

Bad customer service (from the partners), unprofessional client information management, ridiculously long underwriting, and I’ll add this..a low-key throwing of their loan officer under the bus for information “he did not know” or “must have been mistaken” about.

Myself, I specialize in Section 8 and low income properties.

I have seen this range from as low as $100 up to $300.Do I need to pay anything before sitting at the closing table?

If not, then these people will be arrested when it comes to light.

Buy low sell high..

Small multi-family is hot right now due to house-hacking (low barrier of entry), and future cash-flow.