Here's a little worksheet I uploaded that will give you a good idea (reality check) of all the expenses and other considerations that you will face with any rental property, but multi-family in particular has more expenses that may not be immediately evident. http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/d1beard/file/buy-and-hold-analysis The Cincinnati REIA is worth a visit (first visit is free), though for me the jury is still out on the value of spending a lot of time with it.

Hello everyone,I just closed on my first property, a triplex in Stockton, CA.

Greetings to everyone, My name is Leo. Currently Active Military and have 1 rental property. I am very new to real estate investing and looking on getting educated more during my off duty time including getting adv...

I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it!

I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it!

and a den that would probably have a Murphy bed in it any time someone comes visit from out of town (again, I'd there them).

Have Arizona and California deals dried up?

A visit to Capital City Wealth Builders or to NorCal REIA on a Wednesday evening provide so much better information, and immeasurably less expensive!

I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it!

I haven't lived there since 1998 but I visit family for at least a few weeks a year and am still very familiar with parts of Waterbury.Take a look at Town Plot and Bunker Hill areas.