Just out of curiosity, do you prefer to live in the top half of your duplex or the bottom half?

I am now the asset manager (manage the management company) and for all of this I get a percentage of the equity from the deal after a preferred return is given to my investor.

There are plenty of those "Top 10 Areas to Invest in" articles that I can surely follow (not really), but I'd prefer to determine and do the research on my own.  

You can set notifications for your or other's preferred houses.

I prefer the HELOC because you don't pay interest on it until you actually take the money out.

As a beginner I prefer to buy rental units within 20 miles from my house since I prefer to manage it myself for now and I'm quite handy as well:).I saw 2 legal multifamily rental unit on the main road, good location in Nassau county long island NY currently vacant.

@Jared Rine,Which lenders do you prefer to work with in this type of scenario?

People will always prefer 2 bathrooms instead of just 1.

I'm currently Reading "How to invest in Real Estate the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to getting Started" by Brandon Turner and when i"m finished i'll be purchasing "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to buy, Rehab and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties" by David Greene.I have never done any investments in my life but one can only assume doing this as a Foreign Investor is a little more difficult than being a local one but i'm sure this can be done with a strong team and the more knowledge and strategies come my way the better.I plan to buy and hold (Multi Family preferred) first in Philadelphia, PA because i have family there so figured it may be a little easier to start before i eventually branch out in the future to other states.From the podcasts, webinars and from what I've seen reading some forum posts i can tell this is an awesome community so any knowledge, strategies and words of wisdom is highly appreciated.Looking forward to your reply.Thank you.

I actually prefer to leave them as the titled owner because there are no property taxes as government entities cannot be charged taxes.