Except instead of spending a fortune you’re building wealth.

Hello, I think it’s really awesome that you’re just now beginning and you are already coming to the forums to learn so the first thing you need to do is to continue to stay on the forms and you also need to be reading all of the bigger pocketbook and start listening to their podcast to soak up as much knowledge as you can and as long as you do that, you will have all the knowledge you need to start and regarding your question I do not advise to buy a single-family house just to live in it without a rental property aspect so it’s OK if you want to live in the house as well but you will have to either get a multifamily property or you could also buy a single-family home and rent out the other rooms  now see when you have a property that you use just for your family then you have to pay the mortgage every month which is building your equity, but that responsibility is solely on you whereas if it has some sort of rental property aspect, there will be other people helping you build that equity if you were to buy a property just for yourself that is something that will be taking money out of your pocket every month while as a rental property if you buy right will be putting money in your pocket every month the only exception to what I just said is if you buy a property for yourself or just for your family to live in, you could do a live-in flip to where as you’re living in the property you rehab it while your living there and if you buy right with enough knowledge, then when you turn around to sell the property, you will make profit

Wondering if I should sell to get into something like duplex or fourplex or should I refi and build a garage adu as the property is in prime location.

If these are new builds, there is probably less maintenance, less need for large CapEx reserves right now, and if the rent is covering the mortgage, you're in a great spot.

The condo building I bought in is the only one I would buy in in my market. 

As with most answers, it can depend on a few factors.

However, where utilities are combined there is no easy way to estimate the cost because there are too many factors at play.

Sell through your results and build trust. 

IE cheaper than it cost to build new.

If you go with something like a debt service loan, none of those are factored in and you can close in an LLC.