The appreciation on rent and property values is going to be below the rate of inflation. 

I would like to buy a multifamily property within the next year with my younger brother.

I want to put a home on it, it has utilities running to the property already.

Do you source off-market properties?

Instead of using your personal income, employment history and DTI to qualify, a lender would look at the income or potential income of the property to make sure it cash flows after taxes and insurance are accounted for.

Google MapsGoogle Maps is a fantastic and free tool for scouting potential properties and understanding neighborhood dynamics.

Purchase price: $70,000 Cash invested: $70,000 Bought a piece of property with 2 houses on it.

You can't see properties now without an agreement so if you haven't signed one, it doesn't matter who sent it to you.

Right now we have it where the agreements shows she's the landlord of her property and I'm the landlord of mine but wondering if there was a way to make it under one individual as the landlord?

This property will require about 45% down to hit the 1.25 DSCR that is the median requirement for a commercial real estate loan.If you want to be at that price point with that much for the downstroke, you need to be looking at higher risk properties with a higher cap rate.