After several weeks the warranty repairman met my sister and looked at the HVAC unit and said there was no leak.

Final bit of advice: if you can, steer clear of house hacking and multi-unit. 

Guesstimates are around $1000 per unit. 3) Demand is crazy right now.

Then sell the property and start doing fix and flip or fix and rent. ( I prefer to sell this property as it 100km away from my student rentals. ) Not sure if I should renovate the lower unit to sell.

Duplexes are a little easier than 3-4 units with FHA since they don't have to meet self-sufficiency requirements.

As for the areas to target, my goal in getting our feet wet as real estate investors--and since we plan to be living in Sac--is to find a property we can live in while renting out one or more units to help cover our housing expenses, which we can then hold and continue to rent out when we move.

My Canadian partners and I bought a Class B 144 unit in Houston, Texas for 77k/door and we’re actively looking for another similar deal.

If you make the purchase prices much closer, then the waterfront unit should do better.You are going to have to run the numbers.

This criteria is for 1-4 and 5-8 unit programs.

Good grief you're wanting to sue because your unit didn't rent?