Hi,I am an investor in single family homes and am interested to use my equity in them to start investing in multi unit shopping center retail.

He believes that area where he will be buying the new homes is going to appreciate and attract more MTRenters, but now, the big difference is that he would now have 3 properties that can go up (or potentially down) in value, go up (or down) in rent, and three times as many vacancies to fill.My back of the napkin assessment is that for only a drop in $200 a month in cash flow, he would control a lot more assets with growth potential and as rents rise over the coming years, the combined rents will increase to a total more than the single rent.HOWEVER.

You only get a single point of contact for everything all encompassing, and unless they are 100% competent(not even proficient) you are screwed.

I am going to be moving in the spring and will begin renting out my current place of residence at that time. Working on getting everything in order. Has anyone ever made a "Homeowner's Manual" to give to the tenants w...

It could be either single family or multifamily.

An example was a line item for alimony (I am single and have never been married).

Lenders stopped allowing rent by the room due to modifications done to the property resulting in functional obsolescence and significant cost to cure in the event there was a default and they needed to foreclose on the home and resell it, given that the main buyer pool for single-family homes are primary occupants. 

But after getting that Four-Plex, I want to do single family next, and just move up from there!

Originally posted by @Joshua Smith:Originally posted by @Michael Plante:For  a single home owner maybe it’s good For me I want to borrow as much money as possible and keep it as long as I canReturns are 100 - 200% so paying 4 or even 10% interest is not a factor for meAgain, this isn't an investment or in place of an investment.

Bundling both properties in a single study may reduce costs.