All the other ideas and strategies are just at a bigger scale, the jump from SF to Apartments is more about capital then anything else for most people and comfort level, ironically enough the same reasons people don't get into RE investing to begin with just at a different scale.

I've decided to get my feet wet on a smaller scale and tackle a more achievable goal of picking up a quadplex, I will then work up from there.

Try it out, even on a test-mini scale if wanted before going all out.

Hey Logan,The largest inventory and more affordable prices in for smaller apartment buildings will be in Western MA where it was previously manufacturing cities with large housing complexes.

(b) Neighborhood CharacterProposals shall be reasonably compatible with the existing neighborhood character in terms of the scale of development of surrounding residences, particularly those within 300 feet of the proposed development parcel boundaries.

Here's the rub: the property is the sole SFH in what is otherwise a neighborhood of manufactured homes.

That's basically what happens when you buy rental properties at scale . . . 

In the suggestions above I would be very careful about any of the following:Providing the lawnmower = I got burned on the lawnmower or a rock flew into my eye and it was becasue the lawnmower you provided me was not maintained and serviced to safety standards per the manufactures recommendations.

The second you scale that way you are just trying to get more numbers in hoping you get more hits.

Without going out to site with a contractor(I'm out of country), is there a general rule or formula investors use when estimating repair costs on larger scale commercial multifamily buildings.