Some that I am looking at are duplexes.  

Wife and I are getting ready to make first major purchase and I wanted to share something that happened.After many months, I finally convinced my wife that the road to success will require us to downsize from our nice $250,000 single-family home in North Central San Antonio into something more modest, like preferably a live-in duplex or four-plex.

If you own in a condo building, you can't avoid HOAs.

I have a recently purchased a duplex. 2 septic tanks that Y together and go to one drain field.

I have a recently purchased a duplex. 2 septic tanks that Y together and go to one drain field.

Some units are sold individually as condos and he owns the rest.

I'm looking for a realtor in Oakland, California with a track record for selling duplexes well over asking.

I'm building a duplex and using a lower cost builder who doesn't do any of the site work. 

in SF have some insight.....On 9/1, I leased a three-bedroom apartment in San Francisco from the landlord who lives in the upper unit (owner-occupied duplex).

Its a Condo, and I bought it at the absolute PEAK of the market in 2005-2006 and lived there for 10 years.