At this stage, I plan to focus on SFR's and small multi-family rentals.

Lately, I've been wanting to expand into fix and flips, and multi-family deals, but I don't have too much experience in this area.

I found BP via Youtube starting with Peter Harris's videos and following suggestions.  

I am interested in investing in single-family and multi-family rentals in San Francisco and the East Bay.  

We build and sell the best line of multi-family investment properties in Utah county.

anyone willing to share some financing creativity to purchase multi-family deals.

I am looking to invest in a duplex or triplex. Which is a wiser decision: Pull money from my retirement account or use the equity from my principle residence? 

If your not savy with complicated multi layered entity structuring, than don't try to do business like you are, and K.I.S.S.

If it is possible for you could start on a multi family home that is easier to get financing including the renovation but you have to live there one year but your tenant(s) could pay the rent that would probably pay enough to cover most if not all of your mortgage payment.It can work well to be a good investment if you keep it for longer term.  

What are the rules regarding how quickly I would have to occupy an owner occupancy multi family home The triplex that I am looking at is fully occupied until end of January 2017