My wife and I looked at a multi family this weekend and are on the fence about purchasing it.

For multi-level apartment complexes, you would need to contact the county where your development will be located and discuss the matter with them. 

Fairly new to my Real Estate Investing Journey, but I am choosing to begin with Wholesaling.

You can choose to flip a home, build a bigger reserve and decide to BRRRR.

I plan to focus on multi-family house hacking for at least the first 2-3 years, hopefully leveraging 203k Streamlined loans to let me do minor rehab work on semi - turn key properties. 

For instance Brandon from Bigger Pockets always mentions in his webinars/podcasts that he is looking for 200 per sfh and then 100 per unit for multi family.

For instance Brandon from Bigger Pockets always mentions in his webinars/podcasts that he is looking for 200 per sfh and then 100 per unit for multi family.

If you owned ten small multis, each in a different city, I would say it's much more attractive to own all ten in the same city or maybe two at the most.

you could actually paint a black line where one unit ends and the next begins, then choose colors that look good together...light gray, dark gray, tan, brick, green, colonial blue, like bm historical colors or some other palette.

Multi investing is about income generating not appreciation.Make sure you maintain your property and keep your rents at full market rate and the rest is out of your hands.