So after being laid off a few times in the last 8 years I decided to get back into investing but this time focusing on buy and hold multi family real estate so that I could built wealth that could help me retire my wife who just had a long battle with cancer and survived , but is now back to work, and I want to give her a relaxing life free of all the stress of the world (by the way did I mention she is also in the mortgage lending field) so that explains the urgency to retire her from w-2 work ! 

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These are the different properties that are included in the 1031 exchange requirement: commercial buildings such as offices, schools and different establishments that are important for the population, as well as single family rentals, multi family rentals, industrial facilities, and even raw lands are included in the like-kind.

It is very seasonal but does very well in Summer and there are a lot of STR friendly towns.I have considered it however my current goal focuses more on a multi season rental and I am also more familiar with the non beach towns.

I started looking a bit into Rochester which has a way lower price point for multi families and single families but obviously I would be unable to house hack as it is 5 hours away from NYC which I will not be commuting lol.

When I was young South Mission was considered an unsafe area, it's multi million $ properties now.

Any tips in multi family home investing?

So I am military, originally out of CA so it's my "home state"/residency but very easy for me to change as I am stationed out of CA and have been for a long time.I own several properties in CA and one in WA. I had a c...

Hi @Joy McQueary - you can find a breakdown of rental rate increases by state online, and here's where to find a list of the hottest multi-family markets.

My hopes are to purchase my first multi-family rental investment property in Texas.