You can use conventional financing, up to a fourplex, and if you live in one unit you may reduce some of the property tax for the space you live in as it is your primary residence and you can also buy with very little down as opposed to buying it strictly as an investment property.Duplexes are a great option and you generally also always have at least one paying tenant and can be bought similarly.

For a turnkey property what is a reasonable cash on cash return expectation for a property located in an "A" neighborhood? 

However, the buyer might click just to see "what this ad is all about" or to check if you have properties for sale.

Without any major renovations, we strategically sold the property the same day for $20,000.

How is general property appreciation there?

This is a garden home and the yard is fenced in with a 10 foot privacy board in board fence The neighbor stated it was making her violently ill and that it is a health hazard for her as it was coming in through her vents and or windowsshe has also been known to harass my last tenant, and sending us text that trees are too close to her home telling us that we need to cut it because there were branches over her skylight and she claims that it was scratching the cover. she called the city when the last tenant had to sell all of her items at an estate sale due to loosing her job and having to move from the property and cited that she was in violation of city ordinances due to not informing the county of an estate sale.

If the property isn’t worth 20-30% more after 5 years that’s another reason to sell. 

Last month, while someone was cleaning out our property in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, the place was broken into.

You can also search platforms like Zillow, Compass, and Redfin for potential properties.

My background is in architecture, based in Southern California, looking to get into real estate investing, both flips and long term rental properties both in California but most likely looking to start in other states.Happy to be here and look forward to learning from everyone!