To think that you alone can take on all of the opportunities that are present is a little far fetched imo haha but I can understand the concern.

No issue at all with just buying a multi (or any property) as purely an investment.Perhaps you're concerned with down payments. 

My only concerns is what if my residential rentals appreciate more from recent sale comps?

And if that $2080 is being used as down payments and leveraged to buy real estate, that means I have just gained an extra 10,400 - 20800 worth of real estate ..I see this as a simple example of an actionable step to help people towards financial freedom.I am currently applying this in my own path to financial freedom.Would love to hear other peoples perspective and opinions on thisWhat are your thoughts and methods to achieve financial freedom?

From what I can tell, their biggest concern will probably be “how are you going to service the debt, i.e. make the ongoing payments on a monthly basis?

My concern is someone familiar with the territory might just give me a guesstimate based on when the property last traded Plus or minus any appreciation.

I'll admit I don't plan to scale with this method, but my house-hacked primary residence is a condo, and my first 20% down buy and hold rental was a condo.

All of the normal methods don't seem to produce much return for my dad, and even if he got 100% of the cash flow it would take 7+ years for me to see any profit.

I am concerned that it appears you are considering renting to someone you have known many years.

We are pre-boom and it is more valuable to have the property than be too concerned with Cash Flow.