I closed one for a 2-unit on the West side last week.

You could trim your expenses by eliminating property management - you can absolutely do this yourself on a 6-unit, even as a newbie.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Aside from what everyone else wrote, note that adding units require various steps that you may not have considered (e.g., adding a new street address with USPS, etc.).

Hi,I am an investor in single family homes and am interested to use my equity in them to start investing in multi unit shopping center retail.

Seller financing can be a fantastic way to get into a 4+ unit property, especially in a competitive market like Chicago.Have you started reaching out to owners directly or networking with agents who specialize in multifamily properties?

While you may always have a skip, early termination, or eviction, spreading out the lease-end dates can help avoid having all units vacant at once.

For us we all typically use 0% business credit cards to furnish the property which can amount to $40-$60k+ depending on how crazy you go. 

I can do this as I manage over 60 units and it makes the most sense, and I beat the market every month.If I had 1-5 units, I would like use PriceLabs (or Beyond Pricing) and use their base tech as well as manually checking things at minimum weekly.

One property is not furnished and has an unfinished basement that we'll eventually be converting.