I also know its hard to find a good duplex or 3-4 unit but that does offer a good way to occupy a unit and still receive rents to offset the mortgage payment.

However, real estate values (on a national average) have never gone down over a 10-year period. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS

Let’s say I make $4000 a month and am looking at 4 unit properties, to make it simple well say each unit pays $1000 each month.  

This criteria is for 1-4 and 5-8 unit programs.

This criteria is for 1-4 and 5-8 unit programs.

The monastery has also given back some of that land to public works such as the National Whitewater Olympic Training Center and others.

As an owner, what are the top considerations or issues you face when deciding to bring on a property management company to help manage your units?

Full disclosure I help dispo deals for REI Nation who operates in several markets in the southern/middle part of the country. 70% of the sales go to existing clients so I think that speaks volumes to those investors experience. 

For newly constructed, purchased or renovated properties and also retroactive generally over the last 10 years, building components are properly classified into individual units of property and accurate recovery periods for computing depreciation deductions.

My sister in law and husband recently moved to LA into a single family home which is broken out into two units (upstairs and downstairs).