Would like a multi-family property.

When lower it 100 or even 50 gets it rented right away.. vacant houses are not good to have.. ( do check your insurance make sure you know how long it can be vacant before you need a vacant home ryder)  But just simple math.. you lower it 100 bucks get it rented.. you can raise it as time goes on.. you leave it vacant 2 3 months you just lost 2200 to 3600 in income .. and at 100 a month it will take you 3 years to get it back.. at the higher rent and many times you still don't get higher rent so you just lost that money and its not coming back at all. that's my thought on it..

You could always house hack if you have a multi-family.

Typically on a multi, conventional financing would want 25% down.

I've been 'trying to buy a multi family for the past two years' and a few months ago after being referred to BP I realized what I really want to do is 'invest in real estate'.

http://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales continued their post-Hurricane Harvey rebound as volume rose 7.5 percent year-over-year with 6,381 units sold;Single-family home sales remain 2.8 percent ahead of 2016’s year-to-date volume;Total property sales increased 6.6 percent with 7,614 units sold;Total dollar jumped 10.8 percent to $2.1 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.9 percent to $226,491, which represents an October high;The single-family home average price increased 2.7 percent to $285,858, also the highest level for an October;Single-family homes months of inventory grew year-over-year to a 3.9-months supply, but is down from a 4.3-months pre-Harvey peak – the result of a surge in consumer demand for housing;Townhome/condominium sales rose 5.8 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $195,393 and the median price down 3.1 percent to $153,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 13.6 percent with the average rent up 2.8 percent to $1,776;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 34.8 percent with average rent up 2.9 percent to $1,533.HAR still encourages anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.

Also looking at Bucks County, PA. 2) I am not opposed to SFR, but would prefer MFR.

I want to become a real estate investor and start by doing a house hack in a 4 unit multi family home.

Is there benefits to loans for small multis cashflowing $750 per month.

I am looking to build a 3 or 4 unit property in Weber County/Ogden area as a first home. Has anyone built something similar in the area recently? Trying to come up with guesstimates on what I'm looking at with labor a...