On the numbers, once we leave it will cash flow nicely especially once we refi down to hopefully a 5.5% rate next year as its owner occupied.

Assuming I could qualify financially (primary income plus FHA allowed rental income contribution from additional leased units), when I become the owner of the property, would that prevent me from using a FHA 203b to house hack a second property? 

You may have more options on the back end as far as resale, though, because you can sell it to an owner occupant OR investor. 

But if you search for available homes, you'll find many properties where owners are offering great prices.Regarding ROI, have you established your expected return on investment?

I would love to get a better understanding of what duplexes in this area actually sell for, and not just running my numbers based off of initial listing prices from owners.

This community's insights are very precious to me.Frugal FabioNew to US Real Estate Fabio,I'm an investor, private money lender, member of the Oregon Real Estate Investors Association and on the Board of Directors of The Rental Owners Association of Oregon. 

all the agents in columbus are doing is calling multifamily owners off market on dialers forcing them to sell a little less than market value or setting them up on searches. correct no value. they are taking two sides and selling places 60 years old without underwriting or value proposition.

Meanwhile,  the real estate agent pushed “off market” properties are typically off market because they can’t convince the owner to sign an exclusive agency listing agreement and instead convince the seller to allow them to market the property without a formal agreement.

I'm looking to connect with brokers, owners, or sellers in the small multi-family space in Brevard County (Space Coast).

Hello I just bought a home for my family and I haven't even moved in yet waiting on the previous owners to leave in the next couple of months.