You still get to screen the tenants its just HUD/ section 8 is footing the bill for some or all of the rent, and you have to follow their guidelines for that. 

This is not to sale "all sales people are terrible people" or "all sales people are idiots" but sales attracts a certain personality type with the same common flaw.

Can you rent a portion of it or all of it to cover costs?

@Andrew Michael assuming the developer used a loan to build - that is correct that the only security would be in second position - regardless of one unit or all of the units.

Are you talking about multifamily (brick and mortar) only or all real estate investing in the area?

Motorola Mobility joins many other companies moving some or all of their work forces from outlying areas to what used to be called, with negative implications, the “inner city.”BP Amoco, United Airlines, and that part of the old Sara Lee that won’t be based overseas have made the change or are planning it.

The majority of the Americans live in a jail without realizing it: they cannot go to see a movie because they cannot afford it.they cannot go on a vacation because their bosses would not let them, cannot afford it, are afraid someone will take their job or all of the above.they live in tiny cells they call apartment because they cannot afford a bigger onethey get robed/raped/killed because they cannot afford to move to a better onethey rely on the taxpayer to provide for them because they cannot do it themselvesthey watch whatever their uberlords tell them to watch because they have been trained as kids to follow the crowdthey don't think for themselves because they are told that the rules are stacked against them and there is nothing they can do to change their own circumstances.

If you can find a property, say a duplex for example, in which the current market rent for the other unit covers most or all of your total monthly cost, and you can secure long term financing for it, it would be a win in my opinion.

another option for 2 family duplex is working with a prefab company. they go up fast and you can often buy in to do some or all the finish work depending on timeline and skills.

So a buyer that qualifies for a conventional or all cash etc has stronger odds of making it to the closing table.It just speaks to the strength of the offer.