The most common beginner-friendly strategies include buy-and-hold (acquiring properties to rent out), fix-and-flip (renovating and reselling), and house hacking (living in a multi-unit property and renting out other units).

Hi River,Yes, I’ve been actively looking for multi family units here in Los Angeles. 

What you're talking about is pre-leasing which I generally don't see property managers do because it's 1) a nuisance for the current tenant, 2) can be difficult to schedule and 3) it's tough to know exactly when the unit will be ready and most people want to move in in about 2 weeks or less.

I'm going to cut to the chase: a so-called "contractor" had his employees do some work in one of my rental units. 

I would rather be all in a duplex 110- 120k, with 900 900,  I picked up a 7 unit, all in 230k, rent is about 50k gross, net about 37k, All the best 

Occupancy lower than that, means you are not doing a good job of keeping units rented.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

I'm looking at a older 2 story duplex with a unit on each level. 

Most of  my most successful friends have started out with a multi  unit , say 3 or 4 units and done a rehab on it and living there for 12 months.

New permitted breaker panel.