A residential agent that works with MF investors may be of more assistance. 

It’s still a residential mortgage just with higher down payment requirements on a conventional loan.

Just because 4-plex you can still get a residential loan to obtain and can cashflow really well if done properly.

The good news is that RT-4 allows for Residential Units to be located on the fround floor By Right, which means that (Depending on FAR and lot size) it is Unlikely that this is a Zoning Issue, and more likely that this is a Building Department issue.

Since you are renting out a portion of your property (meaning you're turning a portion of our residential property to a rental / investment property), you will need to split all the expenses between rental/investment and personal use.

Although I am buy no means anti-dog as tenants.It's just that cats a quieter, they don't bark all day long while their master is at work.They don't rush you and bite a chunk out of your leg, and they bury their waste.During due diligence for instance, I will not hesitate to go into a unit with cats in it, but some dogs make me very hesitant to go in.I strongly believe in the no puppies, no vicious breeds, and no dogs that make management uncomfortable policy. 

Purchase price: $185,000 Cash invested: $36,000This is a simply brick one family rowhouse in a desirable residential area of Philadelphia with a hip downtown area within walking distance.

Hi, we are planning to get a 4 plex (will be a new 30yr conventional primary residential loan/10% down) while holding onto our current single family house as a secondary house (30yr conventional primary residential loan. we have lived in this house over a year.

I have commercial (warehouses) and residential properties.

There is a single family residential home that has been vacant for the two years we've lived in the area, beyond that I'm uncertain.