i have been looking at a lot of multi's lately...thats what i focus on-3 and 4 family properties in one city north of boston...been an investor for almost 7 years here, and a few years ago i never thought id have the opportunity to buy another multi for good cash flow...then as we all know the downward spiral started...i started looking again about last year once these properties started to make sense on a cash flow basis...at this time there were zero buyers out there bidding on these types of homes in this particular city...now over a year later every decent multi-family (3 or 4 units) has several offers coming in...and in most cases its over the asking price...im glad i have been buying this year as each day goes by i can feel the bottom coming in this market...it all comes down to cash flow i truely feel we've seen the bottom at least in this city that i call my market...the bottom for almost a year now is $200K for a 3 decker (at least the decent ones that only need minor cleanups)...not expecting a huge pickup...but if my feel that this is the bottom is correct that would be sweet...anyone else seeing this out there?

If none of that works, I'll apply for one of those sweet politburo jobs!

For me, it turns out that the sweet spot is the 2 unit multi.If I go with higher count multi's it attracts the commercial investors and the price per unit goes up.

Seriously though, they do tend to take their sweet time with this stuff but the timing is interesting.

However I am going to hold onto this as I only need a few more month before a hit that sweet 2 year tax free mark.

And since our broker took his sweet time EVERYTHING went down..

I think the mashup would be sweet as well.

Sure, the window displays are switched from spooks to sleigh bells, passing right over sweet potatoes, squash, and stuffing; but I saw electric candles twinkling in house windows, low-voltage icicles on the eaves, and big inflatable Santa’s flopping around in leaf-strewn front yards, as if lamenting the lack of snow--all before the ink on the Thanksgiving shopping-list was even dry.

In our market the SFR sweet spot is the 3/1 around the 1100 sq. ft. mark.

He points out the lower priced houses are the sweet spot for rentals.