(eg, if your lot is not the standard 25 x 125, but some other multiple where the width is actually skinnier than 25, and the lenghth is longer than 125, and you want to reduce side setback requirements, eg.) 

Some will probably do fine with it, but the number of spectacular crashes amongst this demographic will be a multiple of the norm. 

When we first started, I used the best property management company I could find (after interviewing several).

I am interested in investing in something a bit more passive as I am getting older and, while I love the real estate asset class, I do recognize the need for multiple streams of income. 

The multiple offers come, but not all the time these days 

Steadily has their own product (with multiple writing companies) and then they offer policies through other carriers just as an independent agency would. 

If you have considerable equity in the property or multiple properties it's even more important.

If I was not starting from scratch, like I did myself, I would buy SFHs because I prefer their long-term flexibility, relative scarcity, and multiple exit strategies to MFH.

I actually asked in writing multiple times to verify it was a triplex as that is what I was wanting to buy.

thanks for your time and help rent to retirement works directly with build to rent developers like us around the country once they are framed up. you are buying properties pretty much at market value but with a hand holding. you can work directly with a builder or directly with them. they are just an intermediary. they take 5% on what we make as a builder but have a large list of investors and a systemized approach to selling new builds. if you want to get a better deal I'd recommend directly contacting builders and building it yourself. fly to the market. spend 2 days, tour new builds, get a feeling for how it's going. if your builder isn't building multiple at a time then I wouldn't recommend working with them. rent to retirement is a well oiled and well run machine. they've had their ups and downs with dozens of transactions in florida but modified their process. they are well known and established and transparent. if you have a more specific market and feel confident in your ability to vet deals try it out. happy to talk more my info is in my signature. we work directly with them to sell new builds and no organization is perfect but I have good things to say about them as a builder and potential build to rent developer that sells build to rent triplexes and single family homes through them to end buyers in California like the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego