That's what I did 3 months ago and I'm enjoying every second of it.

I'm not too familiar with multi-family, but I did enjoy reading your part on how you financed the deal.

My dad on the other hand has invested in commercial real estate but he doesn't enjoy talking about it because it is too personal & seems to be a stressful topic.

we did a gift card to the local grocery store and spices from a local company called pansies the thought was that these two things and help them cook a meal together as a family and enjoy the home.

I've also learned which parts of the business that I love and the parts that are not as enjoyable for me or take away from other, more important, things in my life - namely my family.

Well, NW Indiana is basically a suburb of Chicago so we get to enjoy what Chicago is doing since many who live here work there.

My partner was thinking about buying a property in the range of the 30-60k so we could pay it off sooner but the more I listen to BP and read on the forums, buying in those types of areas lends itself to worse problems down the line and renters we might not enjoy too much.

With that said, I also made it clear that she is more than welcome to buy equity and enjoy the benefits of ownership.Your emotional relationship is different than your financial relationship; this is just business.In my case, her moving in is cheaper than if she rented/bought her own place independently.If you both moved into a new place (rented or bought), you would likely split all the costs.Joe

I really enjoyed the work and have been torn between working full time as web developer and getting better at my job and investing part time or focusing my time into full time into real estate investing. 

That said, I've supported clients who haven't hit that gross amount as they simply don't enjoy bookkeeping, are bad at it, or have too many properties to handle (sometime "too many" can be 1 or two properties).