Is this a single-family home or a multi-unit? 

Two are single member and one is multi-member with family members.

If you are committed to staying up in the mountains, you might as well consider house hacking a single family up there. 

Quote from @Adam Michel: Quote from @Benjamin Aaker: Single family and small multifamily are still overvalued.

They are typically less profitable as condos do not appreciate as good as single families.

I've done it for single-family residential.

Purchase price: $255,000 Cash invested: $100,000 Single family residential home in A Class neighborhood.

I have REPS by actively and materially participating in my rental property portfolio, and also work as a real estate broker full time (1099 collecting commissions through a single member/purpose LLC) from buildings I sell.My losses from my rental properties (LLC #A) largely offset any federal and state taxes from my brokerage business (LLC #B).

Initially, my husband and I were searching for a single-family home.

Closing on the duplex first and then finding a single-family rental works well.