[Copied from my post in "General Real Estate Investing"]FUNDING UPDATE:
Hi everyone, thanks for keeping up with me and my undying drive to acquire this property (off-market value-add duplex in my market).
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You will meet people from different walks of life that will give you different perspectives on real estate investing.

“Multifamily” in real estate typically starts at 5 units or more, where 2-4 Unit properties, even with multiple units, is typically in another box.5-10 Units: If the properties you are looking at are more than four units, then the options are likely going to be a bit different.

I used to have 15+ units here, have been selling them off and going into a different niche.

If this is a commercial property then that is a different story.

Hey Tramon, I'm not a truck driver, but i've worked with investors from all different industries.

Hi Heather, Your lending options can vary greatly depending on what type of property you are looking at. 1-4 units, 5-10, and beyond will have different types of lenders and more importantly different loan options. 1-4 you will have the options of FHA/local banks/conventional.

Planning ahead can be challenging when two nearly identical loans get UW and conditioned in very different ways at the same lender.  

Has anyone seen any different ways to value these businesses? 

Very very different tenants, costs to operate and jurisdictional issues.