But principal paydown and appreciation is going to be multiples higher with the 2nd option.What do you think?

I work with multiple Real Estate Agents, Government Project Managers, Title Companies, Attorneys, Bird Dogs and other "Street Teams" that aid me in finding these SWEET deals.

I am looking to possibly buy multiple properties, so I could buy a single family in one market, and a multi in another, for instance.    

Guess what, it's just like flipping a house except repeated multiple times.

In my opinion, it's one in which was recently said on the BP podcast, rather than finding a deal, you have to create one.Over the last 7 days, there have been 2 duplexes I seriously was considering & before I could get in to see it, the realtor said the owners received multiple, cash offers over asking price!

It is very common for people to have multiple quitclaim deeds to the same property, to clear up potential title defects.4.

very very very common approach.. but agents are not going to get a seller to lower price just because they are double ending.. what usually happens is if there are multiple offers agents being human.. will slant their double ended deal .it does not equate to you getting the agent to sell the property for 25% less than what it could sell for on the open market.. agent would get in big trouble.

People here on the South Shore do it frequently and often have multiple takers.

Since this is your first purchase, it might make sense to suck up the cost and engage a buyer's agent to guide you through the purchasing process.  

Tenant-does this operator/franchisee have multiple locations or just this one, is it personally guaranteed?