It drives me nuts when everyone quotes a five-page post just to address one sentence, then the next person quotes both, then the next person quotes all three, etc.

I successfully operate a small portfolio (3 duplexes and three single families) out of state and a good  property manager is essential. 

I like one of the suggestions that bryan had in terms of buying and renting all three units out. 

Most of the time, you can purchase a property with tenants already in place, but the leases often need to expire within a certain timeframe—usually around three months—so you can establish owner occupancy.

If you call zoning twice, you’ll get two different answers.I’ve been telling my folks the safest thing to do is to buy multifamilies that have three beds or less in each unit.

Over the last three weeks I've read 7 of the real estate books and spent hours listening to biggerpockets podcasts trying to learn as much as a I can and narrow down my focus.

I would honestly call three HVAC people to come take a look at it and give you some answers along with pricing.

Quote from @Evan Polaski: @Jay Hinrichs, while I wasn't going to call them MLM, I did attend an Armando Montelongo (A&E's Flip this House from mid 2000's) seminar at a hotel conference room in 2007 or 08, which was the free funnel to spend $1,500 for a three day seminar or $25,000 for an in-person mentorship.I have seen similar promoted with Christina and Tarrek from Flip or Flop more recently.I didn't start realizing how profitable education can be until the last 5 or so years.  

Almost any time I want to learn something new I can locate a book or two or three on the subject and spend very little money to broaden my horizons.

I recently cooled off a member that has around 20 moderator notes on his account, all for the same violation, but they were spread out enough that other moderators decided to let him keep going.What if you created a simple three-strikes rule?