Understand cash flow lower then say 500 bucks a month is a myth anyway.

For example, theirs is relatively less maintenance and comps are easier to find.If you're looking to maximize returns, typically SFH and multi family would yield better returns and wouldn't have the risk of HOA fees increasing.

It's almost worth throwing a few bucks in there just to get a good monthly chuckle.

Getting into multi family in PHX is a bit of a high barrier to entry and the number of options you'd have are super low. 

Quote from @Dan Keefe: Hello everyone,I’m a traveling physical therapist but grew up in Maine and am looking to purchase multi families in Biddeford using an FHA and subsequently to house hack in.My question to the Southern Maine community is in regards to the rent data in Biddeford and Saco.

There are multiple ways to invest in RE: single family, multi-family,  long term rentals, mid-term rentals, short-term rentals, rent by the room, commercial, co-ownership, syndications (I personally won't do syndications) etc. 

If you want to learn about multi family, then connect with a multifamily investor.

If I were in your shoes, I’d focus on house hacking in Phoenix by exploring multi-family properties or using the BRRRR strategy with undervalued single-family homes.

And then I see liberal areas for whom affordable housing is the cause du jour suddenly balk when multi-family density is proposed in their neighborhood. 

I am primarily interested in single family and multi-family homes in Colorado and am open to other places as well.