Within a year my wife and I acquired four multi-families properties with a total of 20 units, and eventually another building to rent out (currently a bait and tackle shop) as well as an Ice House.

My reasoning is because I simply do not qualify for a loan for any properties out here and units that are being sold off in smaller multi-family properties have ridiculous HOA rules that make it quite difficult to cash flow or just pencil out in general.

I still do deals there year-round -- single family, townhouse, condo, vacant land, CPRs, sub-2, etc.

"I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

Are they Single Family Homes? 

She is 1/3 owner of a two family with her grandmother and father.

We want to reach financial freedom so that we can have more freedom with our time and pursue passion projects that may not be as lucrative as our jobs we currently have and to be able to spend more time with family and friends while we are younger. 

If over a year, and especially during a renewal, they have additional protections. ”getting out of the real estate business” in 1482 would mean moving into the property yourself, or renting it to an immediate if family member.

Most multi family is on one furnace/boiler and the landlord pays the heat.

Now we live in a single-family house and rent out a bedroom on Airbnb.