These are great programs to use and NY offers a few as well as a couple of Nationwide DPA's and grants.

The problem with Multi Family is that unless you or your partner have $10M or so of net worth and $1M in cash laying around as well as prior experience with commercial real estate, you can't get the loan. 

Largely, the appreciation in housing prices is coming from both new migrants and investors coming from the East (GTA) as well as international countries (predominately from the middle east).We are also seeing drastic increases in the rental rates which in turn are pushing investment property prices up as well.

Every time i make a post on here I am getting great feedback so minus well keep posting lol.

They work well for the houses we work in 100-500k.

For instance, properties with an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on the lot that can be implemented as a long-term or short-term rental can perform exceptionally well.

Make sure they are "investor friendly" and well connected in the neighborhood.

You could front the down payment as well as monthly payments to the seller, then charge interest on them.

Bank won foreclosure in 10 months so luckily it cashflowed as well as it did. 

All,I am new to bigger pockets as well as to real estate investing.