The OP is in an area with an active BiggerPockets group.It's difficult, because we all had to start somewhere.

This is not a beginner market its one of the more difficult municipality in the entire country to work in even experienced rehabbers pull their hair out The value of this property your offering is probably pretty close to zero or negative My clients pay 10 to 30k for these as is then put 80 to120 into them.

I know without numbers it's rather difficult to say, but I'm just looking for ideas.

I think flipping and wholesaling is very difficult when you have a full-time job.We just purchased a duplex in Richmond, and are positive we see in regards to growth in the market there.

I live in the Phoenix area and I've been looking for a 2-4 unit property here with the intentions of buying it through FHA and living in it for a year or two and then moving out.I'm running in to a number of problems:1) There are not many 2-4 unit properties in the Phoenix area relative to areas like the midwest and/or east coast and for the most part the multi-family homes here seem to be located in less than desirable areas. 2) It seems to be very difficult to find one that will cash flow.

I'm finding it difficult to get a loan as you would a traditional house.

The front end due diligence is the most time consuming and difficult part, but provides a relatively straightforward path to income or capital gain.

So they can be somewhat difficult to find.

I understand that small 2 bed/1 baths are typically difficult to sell quickly so I'm also considering the rental option.

@Cory Mccarthy, it should not be difficult to find appraisers that work Jackson from a web search.