Looking into single family houses or multifamily, as there is an actual land that you own and potentially build ADU/DADU in the foreseeable future.

@Rob Blumenstein I would talk with @Prashanth Mahakali who is an architect but also been doing new builds the last 4 years himself. 

Keep one thing in mind @Kyle Doneyif this is a contractor you have a good relationship with you may want to come to some compromise if you are asking them to do business in a city where they don't normally work.

If you're the kind of person that needs hard math and graphing to understand things, this is completely the book you need on building wealth through duplex living.If your wife is behind you in this idea, and can see it as a move to financial independence, congratulations, you're in the small minority, as I am.

It is code here where I live to have moisture barrier as part of the build.

Building a new duplex to start my real estate career.

"Old" ones are with the previous theory of build 3em to last and to be repairable.     

If your investment strategy is to AirBnb, you had better build into your approach legal risk, because if you buy assuming that you'll AirBnb, then the city passes ordinances to force you to long-term lease (VRBO... monthly, 6 month, or 12 month), you'll be screwed if you cant cash flow.So, AirBnb investors generally don't have staying power. 

My strategy has been buying a primary every year, and since 2017, it's helped me build a pretty great portfolio with the minimum down every year.

I'm under contract to purchase an apartment building in Ohio.