I am looking to buy into a family members property and be 50/50 partners after paying them half of their current equity in the property.

You have code enforcement issue in one of those cities and they do not know you, your life is not going to be easy meanwhile the person who has been there for 10 years and knows the inspectors families name will have a very different outcome than yours. 

I'm currently in the northeast but come to the Houston area often due to family and after many years of analysis paralysis I am ready to make the leap. 

We decided to take 2 weeks to study the market to see if there were multi family properties or single family properties with multi family potential even available in our price range.We found a duplex in the roseville area that we are very excited about.

Single family, multi, turnkey, etc?

I was thrown in feet first to manage our family's rental properties.

I'm super curious in adding a multi-family home to my portfolio.

We are looking for multi family units up to $600k or up to $400k single-family homes or townhomes. 

With this loans it seems you cannot build a multi-family home.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.