Originally posted by @Chandler Roman:@james masotti  It's so funny that you say that because we were just talking about the market turn yesterday at my local reia meeting and I was explaining like it is at  Its peak and about to turn so my plan is to flip this particular property as soon as possible just to create enough capital to then invest in a multi families because at least by doing that Having flow every month it will supplement the Down turn Because in my market that's pretty much what does make sense And yes it's a pretty nice area but I gotta say the deal is good due to the fact that we got a distressed property owner so it almost just fell into our laps 98 % hard work and positivity 2 % luck lol If by multi family you mean the small 2-4 unit you can buy in Boston Metro than yes...you'll have very little cashflow but you can cross your fingers on long term appreciation.

My knee jerk reaction is it’s a Waste of time - do multi family instead .

You may have some issue with the appraisal if you are financing for the mortgage since it will appraise as a SFH 3/2 not a multi family.

I plan to house-hack my way through my first four residential multi-family properties, then trade up to a commercial apartment.

This way I purchased at a discount which made my mortgage low while I was living there and then was slowly able to fix things as I had the money3) Find a multi-family and house hack so that you get rental income and your primary residence.

We want to do buy and hold investing with multi-family (2-4) properties around the 80-150k price range.

I've moved tenants out for multi-week timeframes in the past and summer has been virtually impossible to find long-term stay hotel rooms or short term rentals - too much demand from the vacation folks.I'm closing a ready-to-go vacant rental in 30 days I'd offer you, but sounds like the timing's not gonna work there. 

My wife and I have already utilized the MD forms and now looking for multi-units in DC so this came at the perfect time.

I currently work in Market Research, and am interested in investing in single family/small multi-family (2-4 unit) rentals in the area (close enough that I can hopefully manage them myself).

How much does it typically cost to insure a multi unit?