My question is why you’re buying it as a primary in the first place if you just are planning to move right back into your current primary?  

She or he is themselves an entrepreneur, perhaps their exit plan is to get the business up and running, and then sell it somewhere in that 5-10 year window. 

Or in other words, if I intend to live in the property.I plan to buy a multi-family property.

I am planning on mainly looking for properties in Maryland and in Florida.Excited to be here!

I'm currently living in one side of the duplex and planning to rent out the other side.

We updated the house to match its low price range, which required careful budgeting and strategic renovations.

There is far more prep, detail and care that goes in to doing a decent job and it's super time consuming.

Search for properties in line with your spending plan and investment objectives.Property analysis: Examine possible single- or multifamily properties to ascertain their overall investment viability as well as their cash flow potential, cap rate, and return on investment (ROI).

If I can score some cash flow, I'll take the win, but my plan is to at least break even in payments.

As someone who has been providing these services for years now, you want to be very careful who you go with (and that is especially true if you go the DIY route).