For example, should we focus on acquiring one high-quality property in a strong market, or would it make more sense to spread the investment across multiple lower-cost units in emerging areas?

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Jamaica.

The good thing about this is you can do a parent listing offering the whole place, as well as 2 other listings for each unit. 

There is quite a few forums that already discuss this topic, but buying 1-4 units in an LLC with a DSCR loan also comes with higher rates at the cost of using an LLC

Note if you go over 4 units, your valuation will be based on NOI and comp rate.  

Applying that to RE investing, most would agree your first FHA loan should be a multi-unit house hack.

I’m here because I’m interested in investing in small multi family units, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes.

I have two duplex units and am subdividing into townhomes for higher market value.

I have found my first multi-unit property that I am going to make an offer on. 

I'm going to reiterate what's already been mentioned above, but I'm going to actually give you examples of why it's relevant to you to find a U.S. tax professional.1 - You're going to need to file U.S. taxes once you have property down here, there's federal filings, state filings, and sometimes local filings too2 - Tons of tax treaties between the U.S. and Canada that are easy to miss and can cost you a lot of money (important one with rentals - effectively connected income - if the professional you talk to doesn't know what this is, run away)3 - The amount of days you spend in the U.S. needs to be tracked and if you go over a threshold, all of your worldwide income could be taxable by the U.S.4 - Selling real property means up to 15% of your sales proceeds might not be available to you for years (FIRPTA)5 - Lots of nuance at the state and local levels, which both want to take as much money from you as possibleMain takeaway here is that you should find a U.S. based tax person.