Something to keep an eye on.As other have stated, it might be difficult to find a four-plex on the open market with your current cash in hand.

Currently, I am looking to see about acquiring commercial land and building a warehouse or FLEX space.

Howdy @Jeremy Rosen I currently operate one STR in the heart of SA.

Hello BiggerPockets family,I am currently in escrow for my first multiunit so I am finally able to join in on this side of the forums.I was just curious to how most of you fellow investors would setup the basics in being a landlord of a multiunit.

Hi everyone -I own a 5 bed 4 bath home here in North Austin, TX that I currently house hack.

My current primary ( scenario 1) Keep the primary for the life of the loan ( current rate is 4.5 so i dont see my self refinancing anytime soon)current home value 1,150,000Loan amount 935,000appreciation estimate 5% per year after a 28 year hold and the house is paid off I would have a house worth 4,312,000$my current mortgage is 6125$ ( piti) included My second option( scenario 2) Sell the house, walk away with $150 ,000 ish in hand and put that into a low cost index fund Rent a house elsewhere for about 3000$ ish and take the extra 3000$ im saving everymonths from not having to pay my mortgage and puting that money in the index fund as well I ran the numbers on both of these scenarios and doing what I mentioned above would break even at about 28 years meaning my stock account would be worth 4.3 million just like my house would , but the only is that holding a house for 28 year would mean 28 years of property taxes, loan interest ,home insurance and repairs etc whick I calculated to be about 1,200,000$ at minimum which raised my eyebrows to say the least Also i understand that each of these options ( stock market vs real estate ) will have there tax consequences ( long term capital gains) so any thoughts on that would be appreciated as well.  

They can tell you want the market is like and where it's trending. 

I later heard but never exactly why, that the place was an absolute money pit and the buyer, who was very experienced, regretted buying it big time.It is interesting, but I ALWAYS do at least a bit of research on the prior owners and have found few "hard luck" stories, at least as far as either higher or high priced single fams go, they're by far the same story where the owner makes the financial decision to walk away, mainly due to the insane HELOC's etc they were giving out, like 125% of home's current value back in like 2006, so now they'll owe literally like $750k on a home that IF in great shape would at best fetch $500k, PLUS they trashed or semi-trashed the place, so they'd be really lucky to get $400k as is and often they may be business owners or whatever and have a relationship with a local bank who will then know "the whole story" behind the big hit they take to their credit score and not treat it nearly as harshly as the average Joe, who's practically banned from even entering the bank for years!

I'm currently looking at a few potential single-family fixer-uppers (some in Worcester, Taunton, and near Dorchester), and I could really use some expert advice on current rehab costs for different scopes of work.Here are some numbers I've gathered from my contractor friends.

If this trend in the supply of homes for sale increases again next month, we will see price softening.