Or the 4 unit multi's etc.  

Is this true and does that mean as a new investor I should stay away from those units?

Depending on the cost of living in your local market and availability to 2-4 unit properties, house-hacking may be a strategy worth exploring.All the best!

I’m looking at a 5-unit tomorrow that the numbers just don’t make sense on but we scheduled the showing before the listing agent sent the extended listing packet.

I manage a short-term rental in San Diego and am considering integrating my in-laws’ STR under this operational model to reduce taxable income.Establishing an LLC seemed like a way to merge our business accounts, potentially decreasing taxable income from our STR by accounting for expenses from an added unit.

To keep it short, there are homes that are right across from the units that looked a bit odd.

@Richard Ma   First it looks like in San Francisco your parent (who I guess owns the unit?)

My partner and I currently own 12 units in New Jersey and are looking to build an out of state team.

Buying existing LTR or STR with proven income that may just need an update or a value add (add more units, add more bathrooms, beds rooms, etc.) and your next one you can try a riskier property that has less proven income.

At some point 8-10 years did a portfolio loan with good tax returns and ended up using a lot of cash and that loan to buy 2 strs in Myrtle- ocean lakes. we currently have 20 units and Two are str's.theres really no short cut, we built a ton of equity by buying at the right time and fixing up ourselves (I'm a contractor).wr bought the two strs in 2020 and 2022.