My goal is to learn about rehab cost, tracking finances, working with contractors and such.

I would rather sell the property at this point due to capital gains and the fact that my end goal is to generate about 12k monthly in passive income.

Hi Team,After much due dilligence on the various areas of the Lehigh Valley region, I am looking to purchase my first multi-fam and would like to speak/work with a realtor that covers the region.Looking to break out of the buy&hold SFH and non-performing notes space with multis being my long term goal.

Hard to give advice without  more info like your goals and area. 

So it comes down to what is your goal?

I can’t afford anything in the NY Metro Area at the moment, so I’m exploring areas in:my home state of Vermont (Southern VT mainly)Keene, NYPittsburgh, PA where my brother livesKingston, NY (Upstate NY area/Catskills)North Adams, MA (college town)I’m trying to stick to areas I have some ties to since it will most likely be an out-of-state situation with a property manager.My goal is to buy a 2-4 unit property that is in decent shape, rent the units, and have one unit for myself to come to when I want to get away from NYC.I’ve been running numbers on both the rental property calculator and the BRRRR calculator with varying results.

While the home will still technically produce negative cashflow, it would give me a very cheap monthly payment on a house that is steadily gaining value.Now, over the next year, my goal is to purchase another SHF in the area as my first official "rental" property, with the intent of positive cashflow and passive monthly income.

The owner dont care about the equity on it, his goal is to clear out the loan balance.

The secondary goal is to meet a minimum Cash Flow criteria. 

I stepped away from my real estate goals years ago when my son was killed in an auto accident, and suffice to say that recently I made the decision to get back in the game doing what I love.