Title companies are catching on more now and are not allowing mobile notaries, do O&E's on any vacant land sales including a letter to the owner's primary address from public records, etc. but some of these are still going through with the money ending up being wired to various scammers.

The loan programs for 1-4 units have more favorable terms depending on if you're buying with income with a conventional investment property loan or having the loan underwritten by the rents with a DSCR / rental property loan. 5-8 loans generally have tougher underwriting and the rates are higher if you're looking at DSCR loan options for 5-8 units. 

Various property kinds, such as single-family homes with auxiliary dwelling units (ADUs) or guesthouses, duplexes, and triplexes, deserve consideration.

When coupled with a good homeowners insurance policy, you can have most of your bases covered.An example would be.....if my A/C unit dies, then I would call the Home Warranty company to come service/repair/replace it. 

House hacking is limited to 4 units.  

My partner and I are expanding into new markets and looking in Raleigh NC and NW Arkansas for smaller multifamilies - no not duplexes but under 50 units. 

Hi, I have found a tenant for my commercial condo unit who is a friend of the family.

Presently, we reside on the bottom floor while renting out the top unit.

I'm going to paste a photo of my analysis so I don't have to type everything out but wanted to call out a few things: -This is a duplex house hack where my fiance and I would be taking over one of the units.

How do y'all typically find off market small multi-family (2-4 units)?