Will this be a more lucrative long term move than just buying an existing duplex or is this needlessly complicatedThanks It's needlessly complicated.

@Alex Yeater not sure if you got any follow ups on this, its been a while. not sure how far you are on your jorney.

Trying to understand what multi family rentals are and learning how I can invest or convince myself to invest into it or learn more on this topic to understand this is not my path.

Reviving this thread.

How can I structure this deal to protect my interests?

(c) Do any of you have some specific market considerations I should take into account OR that I should be researching (high taxes, pertinent rent laws, etc.)?

And if/when ready to liquidate some and step up into bigger $ play where it can be a win-win. 

One day I get an urgent text message from our tenant that one of the trees is on its side leaning and wanting to fall into the neighbors home!

But if it's just this one week you might wait and see how it goes for the next week or two.

Some will let you rent your primary and still do a DSCR loan on the subject, however, this would come with the added scrutiny of really documenting and evidencing you have no intention of moving in to the subject.