.- Location Focus: for multi-family in DFW, as the supply is low you will need to look what fits the best for you.

Single families, multi-families, condos, townhomes, etc.What price point have I been looking in for the type of homes that I want to live in?

As for the numbers, we’re seeing $150,000 single-family homes in Decatur yield $1,250+ in monthly gross rents, so there are definitely some strong candidates for cash flow in the area.

You could do that for a period of time and get your mortgage paid off twice as fast, if that's what you wanted to do, then use a HELOC (or some other form of loan of your choosing) to renovate it into a SFH...Obviously I don't know what your family's needs are but I'd be interested in hearing if you'd considered this, if you don't mind? 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

To be more specific; long hold multi-family rental properties (duplex, triplex or fourplex). 

Plus with larger properties, a few families can split/share the cost to rent.

Which is why I mentioned the possibility that the most likely scenario would be downsizing from the single-family home he has now to a smaller condo still in NJ which he would be able to split his time between NJ and Los Angeles.

I am open for single family, condo and multi family options. 

Looking for cash flowing single family homes in the Portland, Beaverton, Newberg, Salem areas of Oregon.