We have been in our current primary residence for nine years now and have an FHA loan.

@Robert Christiansen If you are planning on living in the triplex as your primary residence, I do not think there is such a thing as using other people's money for downpayment.

My name is Taylor and I reside in Hermosa Beach, California.I just got out of the beer business and decided I wanted to fully commit to pursuing a career in real estate.

I sell staffing solutions and consulting services to companies.

I myself went through this last year with my primary residence but I was just asking to see what systems and sequences others use for projects and if it helps.

@Amy Herzing thanks for the tip, didn't know of any none resident loans like that opens some doors up for me, happy investing Amy

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It will be my primary residence until next year.

I had my primary residence and an ok job but not a lot of savings.

Thanks for the guidance on building the "vision" for someone else too, I have pretty decent contacts in the architecture/building industry and can probably get some good feedback and estimates too.For multifamily I initially thought about starting with residential as it would be my primary residence; however I am still educating myself on commercial multifamily and it is quite attractive from a financing and market stability perspective.